December 2008

Official opening of Moville Fire Station

The Mayor of Donegal, councillor Gerry Crawford will be in Moville on Monday 15th December, to perform the official opening of the new Fire Station in the town.

The new Moville station was announced as part of a package that saw fourteen new stations provided around the country, and was widely welcomed locally.

Finding a suitable location for the new two-bay station did prove to initially cause a few difficulties, but once a suitable site was identified at Derry Road, work began on the new two-bay station which was estimated to cost in excess of €700,000.

Five officers moved from their old base at Crawford Square to their new station on Derry Road last November and the station became the third new facility to open in Inishowen since 2001, after Buncrana and Carndonagh.

Patsy Wilson, Station Officer, said it was a good day for the Moville fire service. "We have been waiting for this day for a long time. The new station is first class, as good as you'd find anywhere. It's a massive improvement on what we had and I'd like to thank everyone involved in the project from the start.

Although the station has been fully functioning since last year, the official opening will not take place until Monday afternoon and a large crowd is expected to wish the local firemen well in their new station.

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