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Garda Reserve Force - (See Moderator note in first post #1)

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    #392
    thestig06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭thestig06


    if anyone wants to compare notes or exchange info feel free to e mail me thestig06@hotmail.com


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    #393
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    thestig06 wrote: »
    Hi everyone, due to my background check being sent to the wrong station my application was delayed and i missed the feb intake in templemore. from reading the posts the next intake is 18th april?? can anyone else confirm that, also do they write to you for the medical or is it by e mail.??Thanks,:D

    Hi Mate you are correct the next intake is indeed the 18th April just got a phone call to day to say my medical is on the 10th March so fingers crossed i get thru this i will be down the 18th April Myself


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    #394
    KIERAN61
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭KIERAN61


    pat1187 wrote: »
    baton charge wrote: »
    Like Munster 4568 I too was one of the lucky ones who only had to wait three months.



    Hey baton charge, get measured for the new uniform yet?

    Yeah we got measured up in January I believe we won't see them though until mid June. Not a massive departure from the old uniform except a little bit longer.I can imagine a lot of sweating in the new Hi viz jacket though.We even got fitted for that long ceremonial guard coat too but the guy who did the fitting says there has not been a decision as to if they will be issued.
    Hope all is well with you Pat.


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    #395
    thestig06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭thestig06


    Hi ,

    Does anyone know how you get your date for the medical??

    Is it a call or E mail??

    Thanks..:D


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    #396
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    thestig06 wrote: »
    Hi ,

    Does anyone know how you get your date for the medical??

    Is it a call or E mail??

    Thanks..:D

    I got a call first then an email from them to confirm as well hope this helps ;)


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    #397
    thestig06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭thestig06


    :Dthanks Zonealarm...i'm waiting for my medical, everything else is passed and ok..... yet another waiting game...


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    #398
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    thestig06 wrote: »
    :Dthanks Zonealarm...i'm waiting for my medical, everything else is passed and ok..... yet another waiting game...

    Yes thats all we all have to do it does come in the end depending on all the other checks first best of luck now with it ;)


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    #399
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    Anybody going for their medical on Tuesday :confused:


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    #400
    sf94
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭sf94


    TheNog wrote: »
    If I had some dealings with you in the past then I would have no problem giving a reference for those dealings only. If you were a person I ahd never met before then no I wouldnt. Sorry if thats not what you want to hear but hey sure you probably dont live in my district and even if you did get your form into the station quick cos Im on leave!!! :D

    Thanks Nog....I think I'll just say that I dont know any members.


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    #401
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    Well got to do my Medical yesterday got it passed apart from a referral from the dentist.

    Got that done yesterday and left it in today to get it sorted

    Does anyone know what the next step is as they told me that if i passed the Medical i would be on the next intake in April 18/19

    How do they let you know if its a cert by phone email or is it just a waiting game again

    Thanks in advance


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    #402
    jick the rapper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭jick the rapper


    Two questions:

    1) Ive gotten the go ahead from the inspector after the interview, whats the next step?

    2) Re: the medical, whats involved? specifically, what emphasis is but on the bmi?

    im fit from hurling, bout 5ft 10, 14 stone!
    i carry some excess fat from drinkin though, how concerned should i be?

    happy tuesday everyone!


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    #403
    sf94
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭sf94


    jick the rapper wrote: »
    Two questions:

    1) Ive gotten the go ahead from the inspector after the interview, whats the next step?

    2) Re: the medical, whats involved? specifically, what emphasis is but on the bmi?

    im fit from hurling, bout 5ft 10, 14 stone!
    i carry some excess fat from drinkin though, how concerned should i be?

    happy tuesday everyone!

    Hi Jick,

    With regards your questions, I believe (but am open to corrrection) your next stage is to wait until you are security cleared and then you get called for the medical (or sometimes you can get called for the medical before cleared).......either way I think its all about playing the waiting game!! With regards the BMI I read somewhere (probably on here) that it just has to be below 30 and yours looks like it would be around 28 so you should be ok

    Now I'm a step behind you in the process myself....meeting the local sergeant in the next few days and I have a quick question.....I have looked back over these pages and I haven't seen too much info on what is involved in the sergeant & inspector interviews other than to say they are pretty informal......would you (or anyone :)) be able to give me an idea of the types of things that both the Sergeant and the Inspector asked you?

    Thanks,
    sf


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    #404
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    the meeting is very short asks you the same questions that you have put on the forms well pretty similar anyway you will be there for about 20 mins could be less

    And just to let people that dont already know the April intake for the reserves has been postponed to a date to be announced thats all i got today :rolleyes:


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    #405
    glhoran121
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭glhoran121


    :Dhow soon after filling out the form on public jobs is it till you hear some responce ????????


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    #406
    Murphy(Cork)
    Closed Accounts Posts: 441 ✭✭Murphy(Cork)


    glhoran121 wrote: »
    :Dhow soon after filling out the form on public jobs is it till you hear some responce ????????

    It varies


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    #407
    Hacknabush
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Hacknabush


    glhoran121 wrote: »
    :Dhow soon after filling out the form on public jobs is it till you hear some responce ????????


    I waited just over two years, but that was in the earlier days of the Reserve.


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    #408
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    I was just talking to a old lecturer from Templemore who reckons that the Reserves is the way to go in the future. With this moratorium in the full-time in effect now, I'd say she was right and that people with reserve experience will be looked upon more favourably when applying for the full-time.


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    #409
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    glhoran121 wrote: »
    :Dhow soon after filling out the form on public jobs is it till you hear some responce ????????
    Murphy(Cork) wrote: »
    It varies
    Hacknabush wrote: »
    I waited just over two years, but that was in the earlier days of the Reserve.

    It does vary on when they have enough candidates in the different regions to hold interviews. Some people seem to be waiting a few weeks, while more wait for months.

    I signed up for the reserves last year but passed over my initial call for the interview as I didn't feel the time was right for me. I was waiting 6months at that stage.


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    #410
    glhoran121
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭glhoran121


    has anybody appliedd for the reserves in the past few weeks in the north west of ireland ie sligo if ye did let me know how ye got on ????:D


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    #411
    innercitydub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭innercitydub1


    Finaly got a call back about my file a year and a half waiting is over

    going for my medical in a few weeks time

    cant wait thrilled with the news

    anybody else get a call for the next garda reserve intake ?????????????

    if so anybody driving down from dublin???


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    #412
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    when is your medical due as the next intake to Templemore is on the 18th April so if your medical is not before this you may miss this intake ??


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    #413
    innercitydub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭innercitydub1


    Hey zone alarm

    Yep medical is for the 16th of april so i will be going down for the 18th if everything is ok

    are you going down yourself for that date


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    #414
    billyhead
    Registered Users Posts: 9,604 ✭✭✭billyhead


    If you mean you sat the interview in February of this year i doubt it will be April 18th by the time youstart training. I also sat and passed the interview and test in February and send back the BR form aswell as having had the Sergeant interview. I am presuming it will be months before I hear anything about a medical and the Supers interview


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    #415
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    innercitydub1 wrote: »
    Hey zone alarm

    Yep medical is for the 16th of april so i will be going down for the 18th if everything is ok

    are you going down yourself for that date

    yes mate i am going down on the 17th of April staying in the collage the night before for the start of the training at 9am on the 18 / 19th of April dont want to be driving down early in that morning fresh start is think would be better


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    #416
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    Murphy(Cork) wrote: »
    Don't check your teeth for the Reserve, they only do that for the full time med (sometimes).

    Yes they do i had to get a referral from my dentist after doing the medical in the garda hq but all was sorted the following week and got the all clear ;)


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    #417
    Story1970
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Story1970


    ZoneAlarm wrote: »
    Yes they do i had to get a referral from my dentist after doing the medical in the garda hq but all was sorted the following week and got the all clear ;)


    Just curious my teeth are fine however could do with some dental work , is this a fail at the medical ? :eek:


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    #418
    ZoneAlarm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭ZoneAlarm


    Story1970 wrote: »
    Just curious my teeth are fine however could do with some dental work , is this a fail at the medical ? :eek:

    I am not sure to be honest all i know was when the doc looked at mine she just said they wanted a letter from my dentist with regard to the work i had done and what work needed to be done and any that might be needed in the future

    But as i got the letter and it cleared all the points up for the doctor i was passed medically fit i don't know what would have happened if it had have went the other way i could not understand what your teeth had to do with anything to be honest :rolleyes:


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    #419
    redzerdrog
    Registered Users Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    ok i applied on line the other day for this. when should i hear back and what is the first step ect.???

    Thanks in advance


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    #420
    lehanemore
    Registered Users Posts: 319 ✭✭lehanemore


    KIERAN61 wrote: »
    Hope ye used real butter?

    nah, that's for real Guards

    virtual butter for the Reserves:D


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    #421
    wetgarden
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭wetgarden


    Just wondering, does anyone know what the story is with Garda Reserve training for the year ahead? With all the cutbacks and no further promotions or recruitment within the fulltime Garda, does this mean that recruitment for the reserve will be effected?

    I know its voluntary but obviously personnel will have to be paid to train the Reserves so I'm wondering will Reserve recruitment be effected.

    Any comments. Thanks :D


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