Following representations made by senior officers of the Garda Siochᾱna, the Irish Office of Public Works (OPW) instigated a process to upgrade Garda Station cells,

designing a new-style cell door equipped with the custodial lock striker plate and hatch manufactured in the UK by Pickersgill-Kaye.

Pickersgill-Kaye’s custodial inspection hatch and ligature resistant external 8-lever Kaye Class 1 Custodial Cell Lock were selected by the project’s authorised installers, including Oliver Boland Engineering in Enniscorthy, which produced the new cell doors using Pickersgill-Kaye’s products at selected Garda Stations across the Republic.