Garda Recruitment 2022/2023

thank you so much!! What way did u go about contacting them??

No problem 😌. You can contact them via email/phone. The email is the same one you’re to send the Form B to. I was initially meant to do my PCT at the start of September but due to injury I pushed it back eight weeks. That meant that I also missed last weeks’ PCT. However I will be doing it in November. The only thing I would mention is that there may be a limit on batches. And the next batch is 3. (Correct me if I’m wrong). So I wouldn’t push it too far back so as to be moved into the next competition etc, I’m not sure how many batches there will be, I’m guessing 5. Also, get that physio booked sooner rather than later! Best of luck 🤞🏼

@sandybyrne7 thank you for the information. I will be doing the fitness etc early November but I need to ask them about changing my start date in templemore as my wife needs to have surgery the end of November. Were they nice about helping you out with deferring?

Hey guys I received my stage 2 results on Friday and successfully passed. I received the email regarding the short application form such as filling out my work and education history and hobbies etc..

When do you receive the the long detailed form with the information regarding family members history?

ironically enough im not unhappy with my job and intend to seeing it out till retirement but completely understand why youd say that hoops67. my reasons for joining might differ to most but i was blindsided by the realities of the pension situation, i never realised nor was it publicised to those considering applying of just how poor it is. i believe people deserve to be aware of these things and too many people are joining with their eyes closed, hence the high resignation number, something unheard of in times of the past. what ive pointed out are facts, a poor pension to look forward to for what is a challenging job with the strange and threatening positions you will find yourself in is plain wrong and ref rosters - your way of life and worklife balance being ripped from you ignoring majority consent. if these are red lines for people then better to know now then later, if not red lines then all well and good. as i already said, just so people dont think their reading the rants of a disgruntled worker, ask others and as many of others as possible to get the most accurate picture.

Anyone who needs help with anything just pm me ill help as much as possible. So far I've passed everything.

Anyone know how many people are starting in the college the end of November? And is it just people from batch 1 and 2?

2 in dublin, 1 in cork, 1 in galway and 1 in limerick if i remember correctly

Are you waiting from a previous campaign with everything cleared (including vetting)?

Can't imagine huge numbers are still available from these campaigns, they are over three years old at this stage.

I don't think so mate. They've merged batch 1 and 2 now as they didn't have enough from batch 1 for a full intake. I don't think a single person from a previous intake will be starting in November. The previous campaign is over 3 years old at this stage. The guys starting in November will be exclusively from batch 1 and 2 from this campaign I'd assume.

I don't know why people keep saying that people leftover from the previous batch are still being considered. It doesn't make any sense. The previous campaign started in April 2019 did it not?

There are only 25 people in the college at the moment and that’s what they scraped together from the 2018/2019 campaign. So there’s definitely not anyone from that campaign still waiting!

"approximately 75 more expected to enter in November"

Very interesting cheers, are you in batch two (you would have done your physical last week I assume)?

The number being thrown around now seems to be 75 for the first intake but who knows what it will actually be, I imagine they want as many as possible considering the bad headlines recently re: recruitment.

There were only about 150 candidates in batch 1 so there could have been less than 100 who got through the physical and medical first time, hence the problems filling a class.

In the 2022 Candidate Information Booklet p.13.

"There are a number of applicants still being processed from previous campaigns that will be 

considered first for intakes into the Garda College (subject to their files being approved)."

How many applicants is anyones guess though.

@Cluedo93 Did you hear back about the foreign GP cert?