No guarantee of reopening Stepaside Garda station

Reopening of six Garda stations has been delayed until later this year

Hundreds of protesters from Stepaside and the surrounding area gathered outside Stepaside Garda Station back in 2013 Pic: RollingNews.ie

Minister for Transport Shane Ross is likely to face a long wait to see if he achieves his general election promise to reopen a Garda station in his constituency.

The reopening of six Garda stations has been delayed until later this year, with fresh doubts over whether it will include Stepaside Garda station in Ross’s Dublin-Rathdown constituency.

Although Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was asked to identify six stations for reopening on a pilot ...