Intake end of this year,

podsieboy

begin what process??

whos who

Can I just ask is this an intake into templemore or an actual recruitment drive where we have to do the apptitude test interview etc????

Rothmans

That's great news.
I have a question though. How long does the recruitment process take - from the date applications close to the date you start at Templemore?

I ask because I'm in college now. By the end of 2010 I'll be half way through my second year of my 4 year degree which means I will have 2 and a half years left. Say if the whole process lasts for a year and a half, could I then defer for 1 year?

Any help much appreciated.

klong

Rothmans wrote: »

That's great news.
I have a question though. How long does the recruitment process take - from the date applications close to the date you start at Templemore?

I ask because I'm in college now. By the end of 2010 I'll be half way through my second year of my 4 year degree which means I will have 2 and a half years left. Say if the whole process lasts for a year and a half, could I then defer for 1 year?

Any help much appreciated.

Nobody is the same; it depends on your security clearence for the most part. As everyone knows, this takes ages (at the very least). There might be a problem in your medical and you could be deferred.

If you really wanted the job...would you defer?

Rothmans

klong wrote: »

Nobody is the same; it depends on your security clearence for the most part. As everyone knows, this takes ages (at the very least). There might be a problem in your medical and you could be deferred.

If you really wanted the job...would you defer?

That's the argument I'm currently battling with at the moment. I could have three years of college done by the time training starts ( assuming that everything goes well of course). I would essentially be throwing three years down the drain. Could you defer for as long as a year though and if you did, is there a chance that you would lose your place?

klong

I think the best people to ask would be Garda HR in the Phoenix Park

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3fullback wrote: »

I'd say they will begin the process in November and begin the training in February.

Great News

Well they'll have to deal with the people with everything done waiting to go in first but you can be sure a recruitment campaign will follow shortly after...

Thank god I've already applied because I say the numbers applying for a campaign will be CRAZY!

jonas7

I was begining to wonder if this day would ever come but thank god it has. Hopefully we'll see a bit of movement with medicals shortly. See you guys later, i'm off to the gym:D

Ruginator

Rothmans wrote: »

That's great news.
I have a question though. How long does the recruitment process take - from the date applications close to the date you start at Templemore?

I ask because I'm in college now. By the end of 2010 I'll be half way through my second year of my 4 year degree which means I will have 2 and a half years left. Say if the whole process lasts for a year and a half, could I then defer for 1 year?

Any help much appreciated.

Was in exactly the same position as you, Yes you can get a deferal to finish your degree, i applied half way through second year college and got the defferal to finish my degree and im finishing my masters in May due to the freeze did a masters while im waited.

Basically when you do the aptitude test you are ranked in order of your score if you pass, if you come top of the country in the test you are first interviewed and first medical in the new group and first intake in that batch. I came 35th so see above for process.

I failed my medical on the hearing, had to go to a specialist for further examination and between the jigs and the reels took a bit of time correspondance with Garda HQ and i got the all clear eventually failing the med bought me some time. Got my job offer then in 4th year college, maybe late 2008, for the last intake before the freeze to start in April/May 2009. I wrote a letter to the head if intakes, stating that i had my fee's paid for college, was commited to the guards but would like the opportunity to finish my degree and got the deferral till the end of my degree. Has been a freeze since so i did a masters while im waiting.

If your applying from the start chances are that by the time you get called, you will be in the last or second last year of college. My Dad is a garda he says Garda HQ are used to dealing with requests like this all the time and are generally very responsive.

PS in the interview if you mention about deferring, forget about it, get the offer first and then go about deferrals anything else would shoot yourself in the foot.

Rothmans

Ruginator wrote: »

Was in exactly the same position as you, Yes you can get a deferal to finish your degree, i applied half way through second year college and got the defferal to finish my degree and im finishing my masters in May due to the freeze did a masters while im waited.

Basically when you do the aptitude test you are ranked in order of your score if you pass, if you come top of the country in the test you are first interviewed and first medical in the new group and first intake in that batch. I came 35th so see above for process.

I failed my medical on the hearing, had to go to a specialist for further examination and between the jigs and the reels took a bit of time correspondance with Garda HQ and i got the all clear eventually failing the med bought me some time. Got my job offer then in 4th year college, maybe late 2008, for the last intake before the freeze to start in April/May 2009. I wrote a letter to the head if intakes, stating that i had my fee's paid for college, was commited to the guards but would like the opportunity to finish my degree and got the deferral till the end of my degree. Has been a freeze since so i did a masters while im waiting.

If your applying from the start chances are that by the time you get called, you will be in the last or second last year of college. My Dad is a garda he says Garda HQ are used to dealing with requests like this all the time and are generally very responsive.

PS in the interview if you mention about deferring, forget about it, get the offer first and then go about deferrals anything else would shoot yourself in the foot.

Thanks a million. So if I applied now and everything went well but I failed my eyetest for example ( I only barely had 6/18 vision in my last eye test), would I be given a 6 month extension period to get laser eye surgery and then be allowed to repeat the medical?
I've heard of this happening before but I'm not quite sure about it.
Thanks,
Rothmans.

Geri Boyle

Here's hoping for an August intake I reckon its going to kick start everything now, an intake and new drive for future intakes. Finally some good news, happy days!

Sdb

Hopefully it will be , that they start a new recruitment drive and clear all the back log people who passed all there test and waiting to start down in the college, . Hopefully that infamous email wil be coming with in the next few weeks,

Good luck to everyone
And hope we all get

woohoo

Is it an email we get and not a phone call? Hope they send one soon! I did hear that T'more is getting ready for an August intake...Hope the rumour is true!

I'm listening

woohoo wrote: »

Is it an email we get and not a phone call? Hope they send one soon! I did hear that T'more is getting ready for an August intake...Hope the rumour is true!

E-mail was used for the last intake.

Depends on how much notice they are going to give i say..

rookie09

I rang up Garda HQ to find whether the new recruitment drive announced yesterday is just for people already on the panel waiting to be called or is it a new drive for new applicants. But they where none the wiser as they had 'nt been told.Does anybody have any information if it is a new recruitment drive for new applicants or for people on the panel??

woohoo

rookie09 wrote: »

I rang up Garda HQ to find whether the new recruitment drive announced yesterday is just for people already on the panel waiting to be called or is it a new drive for new applicants. But they where none the wiser as they had 'nt been told.Does anybody have any information if it is a new recruitment drive for new applicants or for people on the panel??

If HQ cannot confirm the above I don't think anyone here can to be honest unless someone here is rubbing shoulders with Dermot Ahern!

I'm listening

rookie09 wrote: »

I rang up Garda HQ to find whether the new recruitment drive announced yesterday is just for people already on the panel waiting to be called or is it a new drive for new applicants. But they where none the wiser as they had 'nt been told.Does anybody have any information if it is a new recruitment drive for new applicants or for people on the panel??

Suppose no one can really answer that yet, but more than likely both..

Reason I say both is because Minister Ahern was on the news last night and said he's hoping to start a recruitment campaign in the Summer

podsieboy

was it rte or tv3??cause i missed it wudnt mind havin a sconce for it:D

shakin

like a lot of things with this competition, nothing is clear cut! intake or new competition? still the best damn news ive heard in a long time.

I'm listening

podsieboy wrote: »

was it rte or tv3??cause i missed it wudnt mind havin a sconce for it:D

Not sure was it Today fm news or a local station here, it was just a sound clip of him saying it...

No source sorry..

shakin

pink star wrote: »

Well atleast it is some good news but as gardapa I won't believe it til I hear it confirmed by Mr.Ahern. Do you guys know if they'll extend the medicals as mine expires tomorrow!

i was told by hq before that they can be extended to a year depending on their needs, so hopefully they will. Mine expired in march.

shakin

http://http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ahern-to-lift-ban-on-recruiting-new-gardai-2158995.html

just read this online

"We will be commencing recruitment panels before the end of the year," he said.

does this mean a new competition this year?

itsallgood

shakin wrote: »

http://http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ahern-to-lift-ban-on-recruiting-new-gardai-2158995.html

just read this online

"We will be commencing recruitment panels before the end of the year," he said.

does this mean a new competition this year?

commencing recruitment panel means current panels, otherwsie he'd have said new campaign which hq wouldnt know about cause they deal with ongoing panels...new campaigns go through publicjobs

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itsallgood wrote: »

commencing recruitment panel means current panels, otherwsie he'd have said new campaign which hq wouldnt know about cause they deal with ongoing panels...new campaigns go through publicjobs

I don't know its hard to say. From what i heard him say last night and from this sounds like a new drive..

I don't know, even tho I was over the moon yesterday, I not sure what is going to happen with us waiting on the existing panel....

itsallgood

I'm listening wrote: »

I don't know its hard to say. From what i heard him say last night and from this sounds like a new drive..

I don't know, even tho I was over the moon yesterday, I not sure what is going to happen with us waiting on the existing panel....

They'll have people in Templemore by end of year, thats why the local TD down there broke the news,
To do this they need to call people off current panel as otherwise will be at least a year before a group goes into training.....
i'd expect an intake in August (normally after bank holiday) and a new drive around the same time

I'm listening

itsallgood wrote: »

They'll have people in Templemore by end of year, thats why the local TD down there broke the news,
To do this they need to call people off current panel as otherwise will be at least a year before a group goes into training.....
i'd expect an intake in August (normally after bank holiday) and a new drive around the same time

Ah early days yet, no one really knows whats going to happen.. Wait and see I suppose..

kevie84

I hear what you are saying lad, but the way i see it is,
Forget there was ever a hold on recruitment. If a new campaign were to start in the new year it would be advertised on public jobs (January) aptitude test (march) interviews (may) and pct and med later by the time these are done with the new hopefuls then us poor buggers on the waiting list will have quite some time passed in the college. This is just me speculating tho, so i dont think they will dump the current waiting list as it would be a huge waist of money & resources, just my opinion.

3fullback

Question: I'm doing my L.C. this summer and will be turning 18 in August, suppose the process of a new recruitment drive takes place in August would it be possible for me to apply, as i would have received my L.C. results and would have turn 18 by the time the process of recruiting would be finished(aptitude test, interview, med. etc.) ie. the intake into Templemore.

Thanks for any info

Geri Boyle

3fullback wrote: »

Question: I'm doing my L.C. this summer and will be turning 18 in August, suppose the process of a new recruitment drive takes place in August would it be possible for me to apply, as i would have received my L.C. results and would have turn 18 by the time the process of recruiting would be finished(aptitude test, interview, med. etc.) ie. the intake into Templemore.

Thanks for any info

You have to be aged between 18 and 35 and have the relevant qualifications in your leaving cert to apply. As far as I remember you have to produce your results and a birth certificate at aptitude stage. The requirements are to apply not to walk in the door of templemore. But if you're turning 18 in Aug then you could well be eligible for the next campaign. You'l have to ring HR when the next one starts and run it by them. Best of luck

AntiRip

Blue Belle wrote: »

You have to be aged between 18 and 35 and have the relevant qualifications in your leaving cert to apply. As far as I remember you have to produce your results and a birth certificate at aptitude stage. The requirements are to apply not to walk in the door of templemore. But if you're turning 18 in Aug then you could well be eligible for the next campaign. You'l have to ring HR when the next one starts and run it by them. Best of luck

What if you're on the other side of the age limit. I'm 34 this September. If I applied if there was a campaign during the summer, could I be too old by the time I got a medical (presuming if I passed everything else). Is the main thing appling before the age limit?