A possible major shake-up of policing is on the cards for Cork which will involve the axing of two garda districts – Cobh and Kanturk (of which Millstreet is part of).
The stations at Ballydesmond, Millstreet, Boherbue and Rathmore, Co Kerry, will fall under the control of senior gardaí in Macroom.
The remaining stations in the Kanturk district — including Kanturk itself, Newmarket, Meelin — will come under the direction of Mallow.
If the proposal is enacted it could mean that administrative staff, and possibly specialist units, would be transferred from the current district headquarters in Cobh and Kanturk to other stations. [read the full story in today’s Irish Examiner (31st May 2012) ]