Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Cashel, which is my home town, is a tourism centre. The OPW recorded slightly fewer than 400,000 people visiting it last year. That figure does not include tourists who come to Cahir, Holycross and the surrounding area. Despite the level of footfall, the Garda station in the town only opens for seven and a half hours a week. You cannot even find out on which days it opens because the schedule changes from week to week. We are being told it is going to be closed for several months while renovations take place. Is the Minister happy with a location with that kind of footfall having no Garda station? How can things be run there? What does the Government intend to do to keep Cashel safe during that closure and while those kind of opening hours are being experienced?

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