Garda stations: GRA's 10 worst

1. Ballincollig, Cork city Garda division: GRA claims that lead pipes throughout the building make the water undrinkable.

1. Ballincollig, Cork city Garda division: GRA claims that lead pipes throughout the building make the water undrinkable.

2. Ballinhassig, Cork west: portable building said to be leaking, rat-infested and "freezing in winter and like an oven in summer".

3. Ballymun, Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) north: Members say that running repairs ended eight years ago when relocation was said to be "imminent".

4. Buncrana, Donegal: Electrical wiring has been seen smouldering.

5. Doon, Tipperary: A portable building in the garden of the former station, with an outside toilet, no public office, no interview room and little security.

6. Dunmanway, Cork west: Operating from a rented terraced house.

7. Easkey, Mayo: Complaints of leaks through holes in the roof.

8. Finglas, DMR west: Finglas gardaí have been campaigning for a new station for 20 years.

9. Tralee, Kerry: Air from the holding cells is said to vent into the public area, regularly resulting in an odour problem.

10. Wexford, Wexford-Wicklow: Complaints of severe overcrowding.

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