Revealed: The areas with the biggest drop in garda numbers as almost a third of stations had fewer officers at end of last year

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Almost a third of all garda stations recorded a decrease in the number of gardaí last year, while 8pc of stations no longer have any designated garda assigned to them.

Updated figures on garda staffing levels show there was a net reduction of 154 in frontline gardaí across the network of almost 570 garda stations last year – an overall decrease of about 1pc, which coincided with a record high of 169 resignations from the force.