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  • #3152
    bitter_lemon
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭bitter_lemon


    lol


  • #3153
    sodbuster77
    Registered Users Posts: 366 ✭✭sodbuster77


    senordingdong wrote: »
    I'd advise getting one, just a small one, because your uniform is so poorly made that the buttons may well have come off your tunic or epaulettes before they even arrives to you.
    As Jailer said, get Kiwi shoe polish, the kind in the circular tin. Any other kind won't cut it.
    Also, get yourself one of those mesh ironing sheets, if you iron your trousers without one they will go shiny and be ruined.
    Your mother/wife should be able to source you one.
    Here's a picture of one just incase...

    I knew I'd find a use for her one of these days:D. Cheers


  • #3154
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    bitter_lemon wrote: »
    lol

    lol what?


  • #3155
    Leo Demidov
    Registered Users Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Leo Demidov


    jesus-facepalm-facepalm-jesus-epic-demotivational-poster-1218659828.jpg?1248715819


  • #3156
    Salmon
    Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Salmon


    sodbuster77 wrote: »
    Contract arrived today.

    As a matter of interest sodbuster, roughly what number were you on the panel for the job? I have a mate in the 700's and wonder how high they have reached!!!:D


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  • #3157
    Jailer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Jailer


    sodbuster77 wrote: »
    Salmon wrote: »
    As a matter of interest sodbuster, roughly what number were you on the panel for the job? I have a mate in the 700's and wonder how high they have reached!!!:D

    Quote]

    Recommend you go back in and edit to "mid 400's"

    Very easy to check you off a list


  • #3158
    cordub
    Registered Users Posts: 434 ✭✭cordub


    Jailer wrote: »
    Recommend you go back in and edit to "mid 400's"

    Very easy to check you off a list
    Haha a true jailer you are ;);););)


  • #3159
    bitter_lemon
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭bitter_lemon


    senordingdong wrote: »
    lol what?
    lol about the mother/wife reference to sourcing your little womens stuff :rolleyes:

    you are a funny little guy!


  • #3160
    bitter_lemon
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭bitter_lemon


    Jailer wrote: »
    Recommend you go back in and edit to "mid 400's"

    Very easy to check you off a list
    you just quoted what he shouldn't have quoted! :D


  • #3161
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    bitter_lemon wrote: »
    lol about the mother/wife reference to sourcing your little womens stuff :rolleyes:

    you are a funny little guy!

    I can't lie, I'm no better.
    I had seen one around the house for years but never knew what it was or what it did. The mother/wife line is basically what our ACO told us.


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  • #3162
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Hi Lads and ladies. I'm in the job since August 2008 and I'd like to pass on a little tip to RPO's in Beladd currently.

    Purchase a TurtleWax Dashboard shiner to get your shoes blinging in one easy stroke. Never mind any of that polishing for hours with cloths/tights/cotton wool in anticipation of parade! Its a blue and silver sponge and costs 5 euro in any motor factors or garage.

    As regards the Sligo IT work, it's largely do-able BUT time management is key. So you will have a fair few written assignments to complete over your first two years as a recruit. If you can keep on top of your work, you will pass.

    Guys when you get to the jails, dont be afraid to ask other staff questions or for advice. The officers are generally very welcoming to newbies. Look forward to meeting ya'll.


  • #3163
    redhotdevil
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭redhotdevil


    Best of luck to everyone starting tomorrow,it can be a bit daunting being your first day down there but it gets easier and before you know it you'll get your postings to the jail.........

    Time flies when you're having a good time:D


  • #3164
    The Sheriffk
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭The Sheriffk


    senordingdong wrote: »
    I'd advise getting one, just a small one, because your uniform is so poorly made that the buttons may well have come off your tunic or epaulettes before they even arrives to you.
    As Jailer said, get Kiwi shoe polish, the kind in the circular tin. Any other kind won't cut it.
    Also, get yourself one of those mesh ironing sheets, if you iron your trousers without one they will go shiny and be ruined.
    Your mother/wife should be able to source you one.
    Here's a picture of one just incase...

    Guardsmans Gloss if you can get it ...!!!!


  • #3165
    Yourwellcum
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭Yourwellcum


    The Sheriffk wrote: »
    Guardsmans Gloss if you can get it ...!!!!

    No, Parade Gloss is what your looking for.


  • #3166
    cordub
    Registered Users Posts: 434 ✭✭cordub


    Anyone know how many are in Training ???


  • #3167
    Yourwellcum
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭Yourwellcum


    cordub wrote: »
    Anyone know how many are in Training ???

    I heard 40 from someone who was down there during the week


  • #3168
    LoanShark
    Registered Users Posts: 949 ✭✭✭LoanShark


    Yourwellcum wrote: »
    I heard 40 from someone who was down there during the week

    There is two groups of twenty in Beladd at the moment...


  • #3169
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    And the rumours about more after them are still just rumours?


  • #3170
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    Is it true that Prison Chaplains are paid same as Prison Officers ?


  • #3171
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    I would assume they are paid by the diocese, no?


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  • #3172
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    senordingdong wrote: »
    I would assume they are paid by the diocese, no?

    Yeah , I would thought so but I was told by someone that they get a salary from the Department of Justice / Irish Prison Service ?


  • #3173
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    In that case I can't say as I don't know for sure.


  • #3174
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    senordingdong wrote: »
    In that case I can't say as I don't know for sure.

    Cheers , yeah I'm a tad sceptical that the story is accurate but on the other hand you may find its some old tradition going back 100 years , etc.


  • #3175
    Yourwellcum
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭Yourwellcum


    Delancey wrote: »
    Is it true that Prison Chaplains are paid same as Prison Officers ?

    The Chaplin gets paid more than your average PO


  • #3176
    redhotdevil
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭redhotdevil


    Chaplins recieve TWO salaries,their normal salary and also a full-time salary from the Government...total €70-75k p.a.


  • #3177
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    redhotdevil wrote: »
    Chaplins recieve TWO salaries,their normal salary and also a full-time salary from the Government...total €70-75k p.a.

    :eek: Jayz , nice work if you can get it !


  • #3178
    Rawhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Rawhead


    Chaplain's are Assistant Governors grade, 90k plus. They have no rank or authority over officers though, it's purely for pay.


  • #3179
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    Rawhead wrote: »
    Chaplain's are Assistant Governors grade, 90k plus. They have no rank or authority over officers though, it's purely for pay.

    And here was me thinkinng it was for love of the prisoners and humanity :rolleyes:


  • #3180
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Rawhead wrote: »
    Chaplain's are Assistant Governors grade, 90k plus. They have no rank or authority over officers though, it's purely for pay.
    Must need it to pay for all the cigarettes they don't smoke.


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  • #3181
    Rawhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Rawhead


    In fairness some of them do a good job. The majority would be lag lovers though. The nuns in one particular Dublin prison are a despicable bunch altogether and have been caught passing phones and other contraband over the years.
    Another yoke down the country a few years back began to think he was an officer. He took to carrying a radio and one day he "stood down" staff responding to an alarm because he looked out his office window which overlooked the yard and deemed that the situation was under control. He was quietly touched on soon after.


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