Garda Recruitment 2022/2023

Anyone receiving last minute invitations for the 20th this week at all or is that all passed? Want to know if I should just give up hope for this intake.

Just got a last minute call today for this Mondays intake. More than likely I’ll defer as it is too late notice for me.

I'd give up hope on them altogether if I were you. I passed all the tests and vetting twice now, both in the 2018 and 2022 competition. Been onto them multiple times this week alone and they never give an explanation on why they don't give you an invitation.

You're going into a job that requires wearing of a uniform!

It’s all covered, just mention it’s for Garda Trainee.

I’m batch 4 myself and in the same boat as yous. Just have to wait unfortunately….

I’m batch 3 with no offer yet, it’s just a waiting game, I’ve everything done, meetings in local station and all

Vetting only starts once reports are sent back to the HQ from local stations , unfortunately because these people doing the checks are civilians then it can take a long time plus depends on people's records , the first time I applied i waited three years to he told no. I have been told by the local Sargent and inspector who I met that they both highly recommended me and they both said the same to my brother who is a guard , they also said they thought I would have been told by now if I was getting in. However it seems that when reports are sent back it can take a month if not longer before they are looked at again. That being said it is also a mystery how they pick and choose people there is clearly no organisation there. I agree it is a joke that people's lives are up ended because they don't no weather they are getting in or not. But people should leave it and carry on with there daily routine now nothing will happen again until April

The interview results are out 1 week after the interview so if you done it Ona. Friday you should get it on the following Friday

Does anyone know when stage 2 results will be out done them on 23rd of January will be 4 weeks now on Monday and heard nothing yet ?

Totally agree. I think the whole system needs to be reviewed and major changes need to be made. Feel it's quite outdated in my opinion.

based on previous batches, the results should be out this evening

Being told one's perfectly fit to join the Gardai only to receive no invitation years later isn't normal either. If you had gone through dozens of stepping stone jobs all the while waiting on an invitation you'd spend restless nights awake as well. I've already considered withdrawing anyways given they don't bother telling you why they won't give a straight forward answer.

I'm batch 8.. still haven't received anything

You said yourself in another thread you only had the interview with the Inspector in November...it's now February, there has been one intake in that time and you're losing your mind and sleep that you're not in it. That's not normal behaviour. The process this year is moving far faster than it ever did pre Covid and you're still cribbing.

You're going into a job where things move at an absolute snails pace at times, if you can't sit still for five minutes and wait it's not the place for you. You'll be the junior person on the unit and the first one picked for every BS standing, staring at walls for hours on end type job. You'll have a breakdown going by your current state.

Some of you are in for a shock if you get in lads. If any of you are waiting on the call and haven't had a word with a Garda member, do it and ask for their honest opinion of the job because from the posts here some of you are very out of touch with the career you're applying for. I remember last year some people near fainting at the fact that they won't be driving a patrol car from day one.