No commitment on Tubbercurry garda station
The chief superintendent in Sligo/Leitrim says he’s keen to develop a new location for the Garda station in Tubbercurry. Aidan Glacken was responding to a query from south Sligo Independent Councillor Margaret Gormley at a Joint Policing Committee meeting in Sligo. Councillor Gormley says the current station is…
Donegal Town Mayor says garda station must remain open 24-hours a day
The Mayor of Donegal Town is calling on all politicians in the area to ensure the garda station in the town remains open 24-hours a day. Padraig Kennedy is making the call following a Joint Policing Committee meeting last night at which the opening of the station for 12-hours a…
Leitrim Cllrs say at least one of the closed Garda Stations should be reopened
Leitrim Councillors insist at least one of the closed Garda stations in the county should be reopened. The calls come as some Councillors feel the reopening of Stepaside Garda Station in Dublin has set a new precedent for the reopening of stations. Fine Gael Councillor Sean McDermott is calling for…
Sligo/Leitrim TD says the government need to keep promises over Sligo Garda Station
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has said the Government must follow through on the promises they’ve made regarding Sligo Garda Station. Summerhill College in Sligo has been earmarked as a site for a new Garda Station. The Public Accounts Committee was told this week that a new site for a station in…
Concerns over conditions at another Garda Station in Sligo
There are serious concerns over working conditions at another Garda Station in county Sligo. Independent Councillor Margaret Gormley says the 12 Gardai in Tubbercurry are also working in substandard conditions. It follows ongoing concerns about Sligo town Garda station which has been deemed ‘not fit for purpose’ and efforts are…
OPW urged to provide new garda station in Glencolmcille
The Office of Public Works should invest funds in providing a new Garda station in Gleann Chom Cille, Co Donegal That’s according to Liam Ó Cuinneagáin, a director of Udaras na Gaeltachta, who says that the OPW has sold the old Garda station premises in the area. The Garda Interim Report…
Councillor accuses Government TD of false and misleading promises
A Fianna Fail councillor has hit out at a local government TD over the delay in getting a new Garda station for Sligo Town. Tom MacSharry has accused Fine Gael’s Tony McLoughlin and the Minister for Justice of making false and misleading promises about the station in the lead up…