Garda Recruitment - Applying to join An Garda Siochana

Audi2008 · 30-03-2009 04:51PM

glhoran121 wrote: »

ya looking forward surely will be good and was well timed toot o answer all our worryin questions !!!!!!
i say this open day wil breal a record with most questions asked about recruitment

Hi when is the next open day??

Is it 2mrw??

Geri Boyle · 30-03-2009 04:53PM

Audi2008 wrote: »

Hi when is the next open day??

Is it 2mrw??

Wake up man, it's Thursday

Audi2008 · 30-03-2009 04:58PM

Blue Belle wrote: »

Wake up man, it's Thursday

Awh thanx a mill... I haven't been clued in lately with college and work!!!

Are you going??? Do you know where i can find details about it? please.

Geri Boyle · 30-03-2009 05:01PM

Audi2008 wrote: »

Awh thanx a mill... I haven't been clued in lately with college and work!!!

Are you going??? Do you know where i can find details about it? please.

Not going this time round I dont think.. I was at the one in October so unless I change my mind at the last minute Im gonna sit this one out.

www.garda.ie

There will be an open day at the Garda College, Templemore on Thursday 2nd of April 2009 from 10am to 2pm. The day will consist of tours of the College and its facilities and a chance to meet some of the Specialist Units.

TheNog · 30-03-2009 05:03PM

Ruairi88 wrote: »

Well I suppose there was good news 2day in the papers.
The whole thing about "No Recruitment" in the public sector
seems only to not replace the outgoing servants and use
the existing ssrvants to fill the void!.And this is welcome
the Government spends E10,000,000 on surveying the public
sector and find that there is over 8,500 servants not needed.
I think 8,000 extra Gardai would serve the country better
than 8,000 spare pen pushers!.

Audi2008 wrote: »

Hi when is the next open day??

Is it 2mrw??

Audi2008 wrote: »

Awh thanx a mill... I haven't been clued in lately with college and work!!!

Are you going??? Do you know where i can find details about it? please.

Folks will ye watch the auld text speak please

DK47 · 30-03-2009 05:30PM

in the words of miley form Glenrow, o holy god. open my in box and got an email from PAS. and it said :eek:

You registered to be notified when new jobs were posted under the category: Security/Emergency Services.

A new position is currently advertised and can be viewed by selecting the link below.

heart stopped, thought for a minute this moratorium was some kinda joke, or some one change there mind.

no, it was a position for a

Emergency Medical Controller in the Health Service Executive

nearly fell of the chair with excitement. live in hope......:rolleyes:

jypo · 30-03-2009 07:52PM

Hey guys and gals, just a quick question. Are children welcome in the college on thursday. Can they just stroll around with you. My partner is going aswell and the plan is for her to stay outside a room when there doing a presentation etc. Are they relaxed about it or should bambino stay at home? If anyones been to an open day before and could advise. Thanks.

TheNog · 30-03-2009 07:57PM

jypo wrote: »

Hey guys and gals, just a quick question. Are children welcome in the college on thursday. Can they just stroll around with you. My partner is going aswell and the plan is for her to stay outside a room when there doing a presentation etc. Are they relaxed about it or should bambino stay at home? If anyones been to an open day before and could advise. Thanks.

Oh god yes bring the kids with ye. I saw plenty of children at past open days

jypo · 30-03-2009 08:21PM

TheNog wrote: »

Oh god yes bring the kids with ye. I saw plenty of children at past open days

Thats deadly. Thanks.

glhoran121 · 31-03-2009 12:32AM

ya same here that email had me on a high till i seen it

dan87 · 31-03-2009 01:20AM

Hi guys, long time reader here. Like the rest of you I'm really disappointed with the recruitment freeze, it can't last forever though!

If there's anyone from Tipperary around (or anyone who's been through the Garda College), do you know the cheapest way to get from Dublin to Templemore? Right now it seems to be Bus Eireann via Cashel, though I'm not sure how much the last leg of that costs.

Either way, with the bus or the train, I won't get there for 10am, does anyone know if your supposed to be there at the start or can you just show up anytime?

Thanks a lot lads. Good luck to all who are hoping to apply.

dan87 · 31-03-2009 01:23AM

Oh and if anyone is driving down and has room for a passenger PM me, I'd be happy to throw 20 quid towards petrol.

Geri Boyle · 31-03-2009 01:25AM

Hi Dan, i cant help you with the cheapest route but I went to the last open day and you can turn up at anytime really between ten and 2. The day is pretty relaxed and they will have group tours and people just wandering around having a nose and asking questions etc..

dan87 · 31-03-2009 01:37AM

Cool, thanks for the info. I guess they probably won't recruit for a few years so there mightn't be much point in going, but I've become a bit obsessed with being a Guard lately, so I figure I'll head down anyway. There's only so many times you can look at the same careersportal.ie videos and publicjobs.ie aptitude tests before you go start to crazy!

Nick85 · 01-04-2009 10:44AM

Just saw this article in the archives of the examiner, ok it is DEC 1 08 but still its very interesting with some good points. its a pitty the government dont see it this way...

http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2008/12/01/story78866.asp

Mun23 · 02-04-2009 08:54AM

Enjoy the Open Day everyone wish I was there! Try and get some answers people....

i-digress · 02-04-2009 08:56AM

Mun23 wrote: »

Enjoy the Open Day everyone wish I was there! Try and get some answers people....

Seconded!:D

triple-M · 02-04-2009 12:28PM

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0402/garda.html :eek::eek::eek::eek: nooo!!!!!

Mun23 · 02-04-2009 12:35PM

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i-digress · 02-04-2009 12:50PM

I know we have to be positive, I know there's nothing we can do. But it is very hard to take all these blows when we were once the second richest country per head in europe.

jypo · 02-04-2009 12:50PM

Im on my mobile and cant open that link. Could someone give me the jist of it.

Geri Boyle · 02-04-2009 12:50PM

Guys would someone be able to paste that article please? I cant get into that link..

i-digress · 02-04-2009 12:51PM

Garda and army recruitment halted

Thursday, 2 April 2009 12:38
The Minister for Finance will in future decide whether or not gardaí, soldiers, sailors or air corps personnel are recruited or promoted.
The Department of Finance has stopped recruitment and promotions within the public service, but the ban means that neither Commissioner Fachtna Murphy nor Lieutenant General Dermot Earley can promote or recruit without the approval of Brian Lenihan.
A spokesman for the Minister for Finance said no more gardaí will be recruited until further notice.
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Almost 250 gardaí, sergeants, inspectors and superintendents, who are waiting to be promoted, will not be moved into vacant posts unless Minister Lenihan allows it.
PDFORRA says there are at least 100 privates preparing for promotion to corporal and another 100 soldiers competing for higher rank appointments.
The Government has put a stop to all recruitment and promotions within the civil service, local authorities and non commercial State bodies - it says savings must be made in the public service pay and pensions bill of €20bn a year.
Minister Lenihan will have the authority to allow for the filling of some vacancies but only in very exceptional circumstances.
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors says it is gravely concerned at this interference in the operational effectiveness of the gardaí at a time of rising gang-related crime, and increased activity among dissident republicans.
The Garda Representative Association says gardaí will be expected to do the work of higher officers and take responsibility above their rank which may create legal difficulties.
PDFORRA says the ban on recruitment and promotion will damage morale and efficiency within the Defence Forces.

i-digress · 02-04-2009 12:53PM

It's nothing particularly new, just underlines how much thegovernment are ballsing tis whole thing up.

i-digress · 02-04-2009 12:56PM

What I love is the whole changability of the official line.

'No garda recruitment until 2010'
'No garda recruitment until end of 2010'
'No garda recruitment until further notice'

They can't make up their feckin' minds!!! :rolleyes:

Geri Boyle · 02-04-2009 12:57PM

Thanks for that i digress

Murphy(Cork) · 02-04-2009 01:06PM

It's something we knew already but it does say "without the approval of Brian Lenihan".

So basically recruitment can continue if Lenihan gives the green light and I dont see him saying no to just 50-70 recruits every couple of months or so.

i-digress · 02-04-2009 01:10PM

I wish I had that faith. I think the approval thing will be more used for promotions that are deemed necessary, as the article said having junior members of the force carrying out the tasks of senior members may have legal ramifications.

Murphy(Cork) · 02-04-2009 01:13PM

If it does happen its another item on FF's political suicide agenda.

i-digress · 02-04-2009 01:15PM

It's a stupid thing for them to do. Even if they weren't to have a new campaign, they should keep recruitment going from the panel they already have. People in this country are starting to get desperate, and when that happens crime levels increase.

Garda Recruitment - Applying to join An Garda Siochana

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