Four Westmeath garda stations closing

Four Garda stations in Westmeath are to get the axe, it was announced in the wake of yesterday's budget.The four stations facing the chop are Castletown Geoghegan, Finea, Rathowen and Ballinahown.The advice from An Garda Síochána is that the single garda currently assigned to each of those stations will be transferred to Kilbeggan, Castlepollard, Multyfarnham and Athlone garda stations respectively.