The location of a new Garda command centre in Dublin poses a “massive security risk” due to the fact it is overlooked by a high-rise residential apartment complex, senior security sources have claimed. Of the six sites under consideration that day, only Military Road is overlooked by a private residential complex. Senior security sources have said it is “remarkable” that a risk of this magnitude was ignored by the committee tasked with choosing the site. The Military Road build is two acres in size, on a five-acre site. The move to Military Road was first necessitated by the passing of Harcourt Square into the ownership of private landlord Hibernia REIT in 2015.

Source: Irish Examiner June 07, 2021 05:30 UTC