In case you haven’t noticed there has been a building site at the old Garda station for the last while which is coming to an end in late July or early August. The old one, as the saying goes, was past its sell-by date and it basically could not detain prisoners or be used for modern policing purposes.

The new building is three stories high, which is considerably bigger, and has facilities for interviewing purposes in four interview rooms with video recording of prisoners in keeping with modern legislation. It also has six cells.
Funding for the new station comes from a combination of bodies, including the Department of Justice and Law Reform, the Office of Public Works and the Garda housing section and it cost several million to build. It is money well-spent and will mean more Gardaí in the area. The population in the area will grow in the years to come if the plans for the Docklands area go ahead.

The station moved to its present location in the early 1980s. This new building is long-overdue as the Gardaí were having to work in portacabins on the site for some time. The Gardaí in their new premises hope to provide a better service for the community in the future.