Half of all garda stations in Cork city had fewer gardaí this summer than in 2014 before the lifting of an embargo on the hiring of new recruits. They reveal that the number of gardaí in the city has increased from 671 in 2014 to 685 at the end of June. The increase has largely arisen from the deployment of extra gardaí to just two stations — Anglesea St and Gurranabraher. Mayfield has five fewer gardaí, with its current number of 50, while the Bridewell and Ballincollig each have four fewer gardaí at 25 and 19 respectively. The net increase in number of gardaí attached to more than 560 stations is 688, as a result of 1,961 new gardaí being attested.

Source: Irish Examiner September 09, 2018 22:52 UTC