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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Stephen Maguire

Quick-thinking off-duty garda prevents garda station blaze after patrol car set on fire

An off-duty Garda prevented a Garda station from being damaged after a patrol car outside was set alight, a court has heard.

Details of the close-call were heard as a man appeared before Letterkenny District Court charged with the arson of a patrol car outside Castlefin Garda Station in Co Donegal.

Gary McGinley was charged with arson of the official marked car which was set alight just after 4am on Saturday morning last.

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