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New Army intake 2010 question

  • 29-08-2010 10:25am
    #1
    miracleman89
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭


    Hi

    I m thinking of joining the army but i have also applied for the Garda in 2008 but havent heard of any intake for a good while. if i joined the army and a year later the garda are taking in new entrants and i m accept. could i leave the army and join the garda if i wanted or would that be a dishonorable discharge or anything??


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  • #2
    Brian Clowen
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭Brian Clowen


    You can leave the army within a very short time the discharge fee during basci training is as little as €25 after training but before you become a three star private its about €250 ish, if you are in a couple of years you may have to refund the DF money for courses etc. that you have completed.

    Your service in the Df counts towards the garda pension as time served I believe but I may be corrected on that.

    Best of luck with everything anyways.


  • #3
    Kinza
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Kinza


    They recently had a recruitment drive for the Garda miracleman (within the last couple of months). I remember it on the news because a crazy amount of people applied, somewhere along the lines of 10,000. So I don't think you will have to worry about the Garda intervering with an army career. As you have already found out it shouldn't cost that much to buy yourself out if you really wanted to go fo the Garda again sometime.


  • #4
    fastbowler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭fastbowler


    Kinza wrote: »
    They recently had a recruitment drive for the Garda miracleman (within the last couple of months). I remember it on the news because a crazy amount of people applied, somewhere along the lines of 10,000. So I don't think you will have to worry about the Garda intervering with an army career. As you have already found out it shouldn't cost that much to buy yourself out if you really wanted to go fo the Garda again sometime.

    I joined the army in 1994 having applied for the guards at the same time. I spent 3 years in the army joining the guards in 1997. I didn't have to pay anything as it was seen as a transfer of service between two government departments. I'd imagine it would still be the case these days.


  • #5
    delta720
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭delta720


    miracleman89 wrote: »
    Hi

    I m thinking of joining the army but i have also applied for the Garda in 2008 but havent heard of any intake for a good while. if i joined the army and a year later the garda are taking in new entrants and i m accept. could i leave the army and join the garda if i wanted or would that be a dishonorable discharge or anything??

    AGS will be recruiting within weeks according to publicjobs.ie (not Garda Reserve either!)


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