Construction work on the new Kevin Street Garda Station in Dublin has been completed and the building has now officially opened.

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, alongside Acting Garda Commissioner Donall Ó Cualáin, opened the new station.

Kevin Street Garda Station is one of three major new Garda Regional and Divisional Headquarters recently completed. An Garda Síochána indicate that approximately 220 persons including both Garda and Civilian personnel will be based in the station.

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The other two major new completed Garda HQ developments are in Wexford and Galway. The construction of the three regional and divisional headquarters involved Exchequer funding of over €100 million.

Minister Flanagan said: "The contemporary building design reflects the public face of the Gardaí as a modern police service and represents a new phase in the relationship between the Gardaí and the city. Approximately 140 Garda members and civilian staff are already based here in Kevin Street with another 80 or so additional staff to arrive in late September including newly promoted Sergeants, Inspectors, and Garda and Civilian staff for the Divisional Policing Model (DPM) staff and Scenes of Crime Personnel."

(CD/MH)