Garda numbers fall in Cork stations as the population increases

Some stations had no gardaí at the end of last year

Garda numbers in Cork fell between 2016 and 2023, despite rapidly growing populations and the increasingly complex nature of crime.

Garda numbers in many Cork stations have fallen or stayed static over the past 10 years despite rapidly growing populations and the increasingly complex nature of crime.

Census 2022 shows that the population of Cork grew by 8% to 584,156, an increase of 41,288 people, between April 2016 and April 2022.