12/12/2013

First Garda Recruitment In Five Years To Start

The first Garda recruitment in five years is to begin tomorrow (Friday 13 December), Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has confirmed.

The first batch of new recruits will subsequently begin their training in July 2014.

Speaking in Portlaoise at the launch of the Irish Prison Service's new Human Rights training course, the minister said: "This will be the first recruitment since 2009, so it is a very important event and I wait with interest how many applicants we will have."

It is understood that the intake is expected to be between 250 and 300.

(MH/JP)

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