An Garda Síochána Recruitment 2025

hey guys, does anyone know why does the vetting take so long and what exactly are they doing for that period of time, and how strict to they take your social media like instagram posts etc

WhatsApp group is set up for May intake, anyone with an offer send me your number & I’ll add you in 👍🏻

Emailed today looking for an update on my vetting. Now outstanding 16months.. got the normal reply back blah blah blah within 2minutes.... It's well known they didn't even check... Asked about the may intake being full didn't even get an answer

I replied back just asking if the may intake was full, they sent the same reply, didn't answer the question at all. Like I'd question is it just automatic replay at this stage!

what I am not expecting or did expect was the vetting take more than a year to come back and still hasn’t. They don’t seem to be too desperate for new recruits.

so i queried this with them and also justice minister. My understanding is that they introduced conditional offers for applicants of 2025 competition. Only those applicants have been given the choice I’m told. Now, anyone in any other year of application can’t get a conditional offer I’m told. As they’ve seen issues with conditional offers like people going out on phase 2 unvetted, I don’t think they are giving them out anymore!

not needed.

Join the club lad......am waiting nearly 18 months

18 months since filling in/submitting form b......2 years since I applied

I applied jan 24, vetting was sent in start of December 24, they looked for further information around the 11th of December. Sent that in.Radio silence since.I did the station interview with inspector only around October 25, he said everything was grand and was happy enough. It's the most soul crushing procedure. Waiting every 3months I'm self employed so I Can't take on new contracts for work or anything as there 12month contracts. You ask for an update and just get the same response "outstanding, not our department"

Im 14 months

Im a builder myself and I definitely would not be putting off new jobs or long term work due to this. If I was in your case even if I got an offer I would just defer it and they would happily put in the next campaign because they already made their mind up about you if they sent you an offer.

I often wonder why it is so hard to get into the AGS, fair enough it’s the national police but there’s a lot of horsing around with the recruitment for a job that doesn’t even pay that well, dealing with high amounts of stress a lot of it spills over to outside work and having to relocate halfway across the country if you live in the Southwest of Ireland like myself. Im single at the minute so the relocation doesn’t bother me but I will be leaving a decent paying job for this and paid over 4k in lorry licences and tickets to operate heavy machinery that I will never use again. I apologise for being negative but someone has to address the elephant in the room, the recruitment is shocking.

Just heard today that intake 262(May) is full

Don’t waste your money or time.