GALWAY GARDA DIVISIONS TO MERGE

Date Published: 11-Jan-2008

The two Garda divisions in Galway are set to merge into oneThe Galway West and Galway East divisions are due to become one Galway Division this yearUp to now, the divisional headquarters for the Galway West Division, which includes the city and Connemara have been at MillstreetThe headquarters for the Galway East/Roscommon Garda division, which incorporates, Ballinasloe and Tuam were in RoscommonHowever in the Garda Siochána National Policing Plan 2008, several boundary changes are being made across the countryThe two Galway divisions will now become one and its headquarters will be at Millstreet in the cityRoscommon, which had been included in the Galway East Division, will now form a new division with Longford