Gardaí starting to count cost of building conundrum

Plans for a new Garda centre in Dublin were based on the numbers of personnel which existed years ago. It may well be too small by the time it is built

In  2016, the current Garda command centre on Harcourt Square in Dublin’s city centre played host to just under 1,100 workers. It’s understood that the numbers have only increased since.

The rumblings surrounding the build of a new command centre for An Garda Síochána in south Dublin are getting louder.

To start us off, it’s important to put into context the news reported by the Irish Examiner last week, that the new building, at Military Rd in Kilmainham, will be too small in size to fully accommodate all personnel stationed in the present command centre.