Mitchelstown ‘will be waiting’ for new fire station

If Mitchelstown was to get a new fire statin, the location would need to be carefully managed to ensure officers could get to the station within five minutes of a call. (Picture: Marian Roche)

While calls continue from elected officials for a new fire station in Mitchelstown, the reality that ‘location, location, location’ is paramount, was stressed by Cork County Council officials at a meeting on Monday this week.

In a discussion on Charleville Fire Station, Cllr Deirdre O’Brien raised the issue of Mitchelstown Fire Station, saying that it is an old building, and a ‘long overdue’ new station ‘has to be built’.

However, Louise Duffy of Cork County Council pointed out that sometimes, it made ‘more sense’ to have the fire station in the middle of town.

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