State earned €15m from mobile phone masts on Garda stations since 2019
The State has earned the revenues from mast infrastructure being erected on more than 180 Garda buildings across the country.
The station was the subject of controversy in 2020 when it was reopened at a cost of €1.5 million almost seven years after closing along with 138 other stations as part of cost-cutting.The new figures show that mast use at Stepaside Garda station — even when closed — has generated €295,411 for the State since 2019 with €71,781 raised in 2020 alone.
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