Wanting to join.....

Kenmare

Just out of pure curiosity What options are open to me?

I was born in England and live there for 14years of my life, and have lived in ireland for 4 years now (18). I have loads of GCSe's (10 a's & b's) as well as A levels.

Im fairly tall (6'2+) and am training atm.

Are there any Irish roots open to me? Im entitled to Irish citizenship/passport as my grandparents etc are from Ireland.

I had an interest in the US army but cant get it in

So cutting all my waffling, is there a list of stuff im eligible for? I looked on the Irish site but I couldnt find much, and im not at the ringing stage yet

cheers

Kenmare

I would much rather prefer for some people advice before I ring (will give reasons later)

cheers

arybvtcw0eolkf

Kenmare wrote: »

I would much rather prefer for some people advice before I ring (will give reasons later)

cheers

Ok, I've deleted the information I posted.

Kenmare

why? surely other people would find it informative.


thanks anyway

mr.miagi

do you know what the gcse and a levels are equivelant to in irish tests????
like leaving cert n junior cert r waa??

im in da same situation as ya
sep im here 6 years
and have done the irish tests (junior cert & leaving cert)

im just applying to genral service and see what happens from there

cp251

Well there's an Iraqi serving in the army. I met a German in the Air Corps. They just enlisted a Pole? and a Portugese in the Navy recently. One of the Air Corps ATC officers definitely has an Aussie accent.

So on that basis, I personally cannot see how being English with Irish grandparents would be a disqualifying factor. It's not as if you are really a foreigner.

Kenmare

Kenmare wrote: »

Just out of pure curiosity What options are open to me?

I was born in England and live there for 14years of my life, and have lived in ireland for 4 years now (18). I have loads of GCSe's (10 a's & b's) as well as A levels.

Im fairly tall (6'2+) and am training atm.

Are there any Irish roots open to me? Im entitled to Irish citizenship/passport as my grandparents etc are from Ireland.

I had an interest in the US army but cant get it in

So cutting all my waffling, is there a list of stuff im eligible for? I looked on the Irish site but I couldnt find much, and im not at the ringing stage yet



cheers

Why not join the British Army? I imagine you can join as Irish nationals can join the British Armed Forces. Height has nothing to do with enlistment unless you're a dwarf.

neilled

You are entitled to an Irish passport hence its not much of a problem but for general info

In any case the nationality requirements for a cadetship state

1. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
A candidate for a cadetship must:
a. At the time of application,
(1) Be a citizen of Ireland or,
(2) Be a refugee under the Refugee Act 1996 or,
(3) Be Nationals of EEA States or,
(4) Be Nationals of any other State who are lawfully present in Ireland and have five (5) years lawful residence here .

Regarding educational qualifications, GCSE's would be regarded as equal to if not superior to the junior cert. A-Levels on the other hand are matriculated by individual educational institutions. eg trinity a number of years ago "devalued" the A-Level, as previously they had matriculated an A Grade as being 190 leaving cert points, so on and so forth. They've now switched it to an A being worth 150 leaving cert points, and they take into account the AS-Level if i'm not mistaken, which they previously didn't. Some NUI colleges put a up A-Level Grades for matriculation, so there's no direct way if comparing.

Having said that a number of HEI's reckon an "A" is worth 170, "B" 140 and a "C" 100.

I imagine the army will convert your A-Levels along a scale, somewhere in between the two.

Kenmare

okay, ive got 4 as levels (taking 3 a levels this year)

any links anyone? Im having real trouble.

cheers

neilled

Kenmare, this years cadetship competition has closed, so I wouldn't worry about it too much for now. Best of luck with your A-Levels, exam time looming soon no doubt. And the exam weather has started. Doh!

This should help you out though

http://www.military.ie/careers/officer/index.htm

And the actual cadetship booklet.

http://www.military.ie/careers/booklets/CadetBook2008Eng.pdf

holdfast

if you are from your nametag suggest. there is a few serving members from there do a bit of asking around to find them, and they should give you the heads up

Kenmare

Unfortunatly I dont know many people in this area which sucks

I know this is a REALLY odd request, but is there anywhere where you can go along for a day/week etc where you can practice with weapons. Just wondering

cheers

minidazzler

With the Steyr, Not a chance. (RDF only use it now and then. Civilians Never (Legally))

With weapons in general a Gun Club. The lads at them places, from what I am told, are nice guys and do share a bit of ammo if you take an interest and get a bit of banter going.

Kenmare

Also, what would you dudes suggest in regards the BA. My parents would not be very happy as it is :S but what would you suggest. Im not sure I would be interested in just a trooper.

Basically what im interested in, is making a solid viable career out of this. Job security is my number one aim, with a pension at the end of it. Whilst im not an action freak and indeed would prefer not to be in action every day, I would prefer not to have a deskjob.

I understand that through the natural laws of the universe, the SAS etc is closed to me , but what would you recommend as a middleman in terms of pay.

I dont think im the leadership sort so that sorta blows officer material out of the water


Its an odd one

DILLIGAF

I heard somewhere that the PDF only do weapons training twice a year? Is this correct?

Kenmare

DILLIGAF wrote: »

I heard somewhere that the PDF only do weapons training twice a year? Is this correct?

That would suck. As odd as it sounds ive got a tremendous affinity for guns One of my relatives used to have a gun business in England. (granted he left the country and hasnt come back).

He was exceptionally informative and taught me alot about guns, so it would suck if I could only train once a year.