'Victorian' garda station in Macroom to be replaced after four decades of campaigning

Tender is out to build modern divisional headquarters to replace the 'not fit for purpose' station built for the RIC in the 1850s

The current Macroom Garda Station, which was built in the 1850s, is set to be replaced by a purpose-built divisional headquarters. File picture

For years it has been dubbed as one of the worst garda stations in the country, but now there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for the men and women in blue who have endured "shocking" Victorian-era conditions in Macroom, Co Cork.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Office of Public Works (OPW) minister Kieran O’Donnell have announced that a tender has now gone out to build a new garda station in the mid-Cork town which will become a ‘divisional headquarters’ for all of the County Cork region.