Carrigaline unlikely to get 24-hour Garda station 'in medium to long term'

Cash-strapped council cannot afford to monitor CCTV coverage in county

Carrigaline Garda Station. Picture: Larry Cummins

One of Co Cork's biggest towns is unlikely to get a 24-hour garda station “in the medium to long term” and Cork County Council can't afford on its own to standardise and monitor CCTV coverage in the county.

A meeting of the Cork City and County Joint Policing Committee (JPC) heard calls to increase garda numbers in Carrigaline in light of recent violent incidents in the town.