Cadetships 2020

Any idea when we’ll find out if we’ve an offer or not? Could well be delayed with the lc results being postponed

Anyone know what the deal is with references, don't remember being asked for them at any stage so far. Just wondering is it something they do at all or later on down the line?

josh1010st wrote: »

Anyone got any update on when offers might go out?

Last medical is on the 21st August. And the leaving cert is out on the 7th September so some people are going to be waiting on those results.

Bloods/Urine take 5 working days so 26th/27th August at the earliest?

Unless they start offering batches before then.

I’m after reading that those without level 8 degrees must do 18 months of work after commissioning. Is this true? I was under the impression they send you the first September after you commission.

Anyone hear anything back yet? Did my medical at the end of July and getting antsy now!

galla92 wrote: »

Don't think so man, the last of the medicals are today. Next week would be the earliest we'd hear from them.

Sound thanks! Hopefully the Kildare lockdown hasn’t delayed things.

gzaq wrote: »

Just out of interest has anyone got in touch with recruitment to see if there is a finalised date on offers or is everyone presuming it will be 7th of September of LC results?

Don’t know if anyone has got in touch with them yet, I’d wager that they’ll start offers after the 7th once all LC results are in and accounted for, but I could be wrong.

Maybe the graduate entry roles will hear back first.

Done the medical Friday passed from what they were saying waiting on bloods/urine, may give them a call shortly about what the story is

Did ye lads hear back from them about blood/urine tests 5 days after the medical or were ye just told on the day that you had passed it ?

Any idea when the offers go out usually?

Borderland wrote: »

Checked the 2019 Competition thread and first round offers went out in the last week in August.

They seemed to have had problems with vetting people last year so the whole thing dragged into mid/late September tho.

I’d expect they’ll give a first round offer this week or early next week. Maybe top 15 or 20 candidates who aren’t relying on the leaving cert or who are already serving in the PDF and get those big interview bonuses.

They can then wait and see how they’re fixed in terms of final numbers once the leaving cert comes out and give out the final places accordingly.

Was talking to an LC student still in the competition and they’d to sign a waiver allowing them to view their results a few hours early. They might give out the offers the day of the leaving cert results.

TheWarChicken wrote: »

Could you give me some more detail on that, I'm LC as well and I haven't been asked to do anything like that and now you've got me concerned. Should I be worried or is there something else going on there.

It was signed for in the group assessment at the very start. The guy I know didn’t even realised he’d signed it until an officer mentioned it to him in the interview. You probably wouldn’t have known if you didn’t read it through fully. Even if you somehow didn’t sign it they’d have told you to do it before the interview or gotten in contact with you

josh1010st wrote: »

I emailed recruitment there, just asking is there a time frame for when offers may go out, I’ll keep ye updated if they reply!

Any reply back?

Heading to Galway 7th of September to commence training just wondering any others heading up from Waterford?

Anyone hear a bit yet lads? The waiting is killer.

galla92 wrote: »

Anyone hear a bit yet lads? The waiting is killer.

Monday afternoon at the very earliest I reckon

Dskell67 wrote: »

Hey all I think we’re all in the same boat and getting sick of the waiting but just have a question in regard to the medical will they send you an email saying you passed or an email to say you’ve been placed on a panel cheers

Dr told me no news was good news re the medical so if you haven’t heard anything it’s safe to say you’ve passed it.

You’ll just get an email about the panel, either with the joining instructions or with a line that you’ve been placed on the Reserve list.


I also heard that 5th October is the provisional start date for this year’s class.

Borderland wrote: »

Dr told me no news was good news re the medical so if you haven’t heard anything it’s safe to say you’ve passed it.

You’ll just get an email about the panel, either with the joining instructions or with a line that you’ve been placed on the Reserve list.


I also heard that 5th October is the provisional start date for this year’s class.

To add to this I’ve also heard that there is a intake of 85/86 (can’t remember the figure) of cadets this year. I’ve also heard the 5th of October is provisional start date. Hopefully they start offers on Monday it’s been a long process. Best of luck to everyone.

dylant99 wrote: »

I heard that the class will only 50, I hope it’s 80-85 that would be unreal! Fingers crossed we hear on Monday, if it’s supposed to start on the 5th they’d really want to be telling us soon so people can get their life’s in order in time

I heard 50 too. I’m assuming it’ll be the usual 6 Maltese, maybe 7 or 8 navy, and then maybe 8/10 air Corp?

Maybe if you put in 60 army, you might get 25 from the other branches.

More the merrier as far as I’m concerned!

Ah yes sorry, I was talking about the army only so with all the navy/air corps could be around the 80 ish mark

Just got an email this morning saying that I passed the medical didn’t say a start date just said keep monitoring your email in the future, delighted check your emails!

General pdf

JohnBoy140 wrote: »

This isn’t really relevant for now but does anyone know how much of a choice you get in the corp you’re assigned to after commissioning?

Yea so the way it works is that when you’re coming up to being commissioned you indicate a preference as to what Corp you want serve in. The amount of people going to each Corp depends on the amount vacancies but generally speaking there are a couple of positions for everyone in each of the areas. Unless you’ve applied for corp specific cadetship, like the ordnance Corps cadetship, then you’re going straight there. Once you graduate from the cadetship you get your letter from the GOC or whoever is giving out the letters and that’s the formal assignment to your unit, you won’t know for sure until that point. Usually the top 10/20 get their first preference no problem. Cav is very prestigious so only the top of the class get that

Borderland wrote: »

Yea so the way it works is that when you’re coming up to being commissioned you indicate a preference as to what Corp you want serve in. The amount of people going to each Corp depends on the amount vacancies but generally speaking there are a couple of positions for everyone in each of the areas. Unless you’ve applied for corp specific cadetship, like the ordnance Corps cadetship, then you’re going straight there. Once you graduate from the cadetship you get your letter from the GOC or whoever is giving out the letters and that’s the formal assignment to your unit, you won’t know for sure until that point. Usually the top 10/20 get their first preference no problem. Cav is very prestigious so only the top of the class get that

Aside from cavalry being the most prestigious is there any order from most popular to least popular or are they all more or less equal?