Recruitment for British army soars in Republic of Ireland

Plebbit · 04-01-2017 09:39PM #1

From the Belfast Telegraph.

Apparently a new Irish recruit signs up every 4 1/2 days. Can't blame the young Irish lads. If it's a choice between wasting your life away on the dole in some grim village in the backarse of Cavan or traveling the world on global deployments with the British Army, I'd choose the latter. I hear the pay is decent and there are lots of opportunities for advancement.

04-01-2017 09:43PM

Meh, I'd sooner find ways to while away the time, maybe do a course, maybe even move somewhere rather than signing up to kill and die on the whims of politicians.

04-01-2017 09:44PM

Plebbit wrote: »

From the Belfast Telegraph.

Apparently a new Irish recruit signs up every 4 1/2 days. Can't blame the young Irish lads. If it's a choice between wasting your life away on the dole in some grim village in the backarse of Cavan or traveling the world on global deployments with the British Army, I'd choose the latter. I hear the pay is decent and there are lots of opportunities for advancement.

Opportunities for death and blown off limbs too. You do know its not like the Irish Army?

votecounts · 04-01-2017 09:47PM

The majority will only advance to a body bag all for a foreign army, do anything else to advance like a course,work placement, etc

donegaLroad · 04-01-2017 09:47PM

Plus all the Paddies are shoved to the front. ;-)

CrabRevolution · 04-01-2017 09:49PM

Fewer than 80 a year, out of a population of 4.5 Million? Not exactly groundbreaking numbers, I'd have thought it was more to be honest.

Plebbit · 04-01-2017 09:50PM

It's not WW1 anymore. Casualties from war are very low in the modern era (for the British anyway. ISIS may have different experiences!)

Besides the British public have no appetite for another war nor can they afford it. Deployments these days are more likely to be in British overseas territories in the tropics rather than middle eastern war zone. Sounds like an easy life

04-01-2017 09:52PM

Quislings.

The_Valeyard · 04-01-2017 09:59PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

Plus all the Paddies are shoved to the front. ;-)

Operation human shield

Dirty Dingus McGee · 04-01-2017 10:03PM

Plebbit wrote: »

From the Belfast Telegraph.

Apparently a new Irish recruit signs up every 4 1/2 days. Can't blame the young Irish lads. If it's a choice between wasting your life away on the dole in some grim village in the backarse of Cavan or traveling the world on global deployments with the British Army, I'd choose the latter. I hear the pay is decent and there are lots of opportunities for advancement.

You do know there are a multitude of options in between those 2 points.

Dr Crayfish · 04-01-2017 10:04PM

If I was into all that army stuff when I was a kid I'd have gone with the Brit army too.

The_Valeyard · 04-01-2017 10:06PM

Plebbit wrote: »

Deployments these days are more likely to be in British overseas territories in the tropics rather than middle eastern war zone. Sounds like an easy life

Probably more likely to be deployed to keep the peace in British cities.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 04-01-2017 10:08PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

Plus all the Paddies are shoved to the front. ;-)

Sandbags, they call them.

somesoldiers · 04-01-2017 10:08PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

Plus all the Paddies are shoved to the front. ;-)

"Send in the Irish, arrows cost money, the dead cost nothing"

The_Valeyard · 04-01-2017 10:09PM

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Sandbags, they call them.

That Was The FCA

El_Duderino 09 · 04-01-2017 10:09PM

Deleted User wrote:

Meh, I'd sooner find ways to while away the time, maybe do a course, maybe even move somewhere rather than signing up to kill and die on the whims of politicians.

You'd probably join the Irish army Instead then

Grayson · 04-01-2017 10:10PM

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Fewer than 80 a year, out of a population of 4.5 Million? Not exactly groundbreaking numbers, I'd have thought it was more to be honest.

It used to be a lot more. My dad travelled from Ireland to enlist in the 60's.

Even in the 90's I knew guys who travelled over.

I even applied for the RAF. But it was as part of a scholarship program. They'd pay for college and give you a liveable wage whilst you were in college (It was aeronautical engineering I was applying for). You just had to serve a period of time in the RAF afterwards. I'd say there are a few lads who still do that.

Jimmy Garlic · 04-01-2017 10:10PM

British army life is grim .

''traveling the world on global deployments''

Places like Afghanistan are pretty grim too. But probably less grim than the damp barracks in the middle of nowhere in Shropshire or wherever that they will be spending most of their time in.

Richard Hillman · 04-01-2017 10:11PM

somesoldiers wrote: »

"Send in the Irish, arrows cost money, the dead cost nothing"

The English never trusted us again after the battle of Falkirk.

wakka12 · 04-01-2017 10:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Meh, I'd sooner find ways to while away the time, maybe do a course, maybe even move somewhere rather than signing up to kill and die on the whims of politicians.

You don't have to kill people just because you're in the army ,you know. You can be a field doctor or look after vehicles or ammunitions etc.. Plenty of positions which don't involve being in the firing line

El_Duderino 09 · 04-01-2017 10:17PM

Jimmy Garlic wrote:

Places like Afghanistan are pretty grim too. But probably less grim than the damp barracks in the middle of nowhere in Shropshire or wherever that they will be spending most of their time in.

Grim but pays well. I worked with a fella who was recently back from Afghanistan. He was basically a security guard with a gun for his deployments. He bought a house straight up when he got back.

Grim? Yes. Boring? Yes yes. Daysent pay for a fella who would otherwise be on minimum wage for his life? Yes yes yes!

jamesbere · 04-01-2017 10:19PM

Rule Britannia

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 04-01-2017 10:20PM

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Grim but pays well. I worked with a fella who was recently back from Afghanistan. He was basically a security guard with a gun for his deployments. He bought a house straight up when he got back.

Grim? Yes. Boring? Yes yes. Daysent pay for a fella who would otherwise be on minimum wage for his life? Yes yes yes!

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056663270/1

I read his thread.

muddypaws · 04-01-2017 10:29PM

I know of two young people who want to be paramedics, have tried through the HSE process without success due to recruit freeze etc. Both joined the British Army and will get their qualifications there, then come back to Ireland and hope to get the job they want.

The_Valeyard · 04-01-2017 10:31PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

The English never trusted us again after the battle of Falkirk.

Apparently we werent even there.

Grayson · 04-01-2017 10:37PM

muddypaws wrote: »

I know of two young people who want to be paramedics, have tried through the HSE process without success due to recruit freeze etc. Both joined the British Army and will get their qualifications there, then come back to Ireland and hope to get the job they want.

Even when there wasn't a recruitment freeze the HSE held panels every two years. Thousands applied, a few got selected and even then the HSE may or may not employ them. If they don't call them up then they have to reapply and do the panel again in two years.

I knew two guys in school who went to London to become cops because the gardai was too hard to get into.

RasTa · 04-01-2017 10:43PM

It's way easier to get into the British one too.

Crea · 04-01-2017 10:43PM

Great. Opportunities to murder complete strangers on orders for reasons you don't really understand.

Alf Stewart. · 04-01-2017 10:53PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RnS9_VjqsE

04-01-2017 11:09PM

Plebbit wrote: »

From the Belfast Telegraph.

Apparently a new Irish recruit signs up every 4 1/2 days. Can't blame the young Irish lads. If it's a choice between wasting your life away on the dole in some grim village in the backarse of Cavan or traveling the world on global deployments with the British Army, I'd choose the latter. I hear the pay is decent and there are lots of opportunities for advancement.

No matter where you are in Ireland you are within commuting range to a big city and there is plenty of chances for an education. No one in this country is stuck in a grim village without opportunities to change their lot in life. Going to college to get a degree, make some good money, buy a house/car/whatever, sounds way better than joining the british army and shooting some poor farmer in the middle east.

Ireland in my opinion has brilliant ways for people to better themselves, compared to other countries where education is way more expensive. Education here is very cheap compared to other countries.

mikeym · 04-01-2017 11:12PM

The Brits have pulled out of Afghanistan.

And they wont be going back.

And at the moment they are not involved in any combat operations.

Recruitment for British army soars in Republic of Ireland

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