Cork to get €13m funding for new fire station, with former Ballincollig station to become training centre

Cork City and county to receive a total allocation of €19.4m, with €3.2m going to a new station in Dunmanway, and €3m for a new station in Mitchelstown, while Crosshaven fire station is to get a €250,000 refurbishment

The former Ballicollig fire station, which locals have long demanded be reinstated, is to be used as a training ground for the city fire service. Picture Larry Cummins

Cork City is to receive a €13m allocation for a new fire station in the western suburbs, part of a €328.5m Government investment in the country’s fire services which will also see Cork county receive two new fire stations.

The Cork City fire station is earmarked for Curraheen, with the disused Ballincollig station, which closed in November 2021, set to become a fire service training centre.