Garda Recruitment 2023/2024

Takes a minimum of 8 weeks

Anyone know of any reasons to fail it?

How long did you wait for your results?

Did an intake start this week or will it be January?

Only 109 for this intake a lot less than the previous two

Hi Guys,

Has there been a what’s app group for April intake hopefuls?

Are male Garda allowed to have long hair?

I can't find an answer online - this is the one thing that's preventing from applying because I don't want to cut my long luscious hair :(

Hello everyone. I failed my first fitness test and I have my next one on Saturday, I'm not confident I will pass it this time either, will they give me a third chance to try it or is that it?

You can appeal it and try get a 3rd attempt. But if you can't get the fitness test how will you manage in the college I you can't meet the minimum requirements ar you sure you would want to do it as fitness is a big part if you can't manage that part on second attempt when you get an additional 10 weeks at least to prepare

Yea not having a go mate. Just if you full sure you will fail perhaps you might be better to push it back a few weeks give you a bit more time. Or maybe you can appeal and get a 3rd attempt. Bit if you defer you might still be able to do that. Personally I'd defer if I thought I was going to fail the repeat just to give me a little more time

Ring up and ask nothing to lose

April apparently

U for April intake or what stage are you at?

Interesting because last year they did it every 2 months

Is this satire?

The dogs will be thankful to see them on a Wednesday lol

Hey guys. Is there a WhatsApp group yet for the next potential intake. I was in a gc but didn’t get the call for Jan 8th so still waiting. Shall we make one? I’m 2022 campaign and in February it’ll be two years since I applied to join.

They’ll either sign you off or you will have 3 months to get your BMI down. Mine was just over 25 and was signed off.

New recruitment campaign starts next Monday 😅

Hi, if i apply for this recruitment campaign, does anyone know when/what month the next stages will take place?

anyone else in my age bracket (40) considering going again for the new recruitment campaign?

I waited nearly 4 years for a reply only to be rejected on a small mistake on my form B, granted it was during covid when everything shut down but not sure I can put myself through the process of waiting so long again. I applied in 2018 and only received a rejection in 2022 after passing everything bar vetting for a simple error on my form.

What's the current wait period from start to finish these days, it used to be around 9-12 months from initial application

Hey Marty, Could you tell me what this mistake was? Fecking dreading the thought of anymore delays with my current application!

Isn't this thread a great resource for would be recruits. I recall I applied for the guards first in 1978 when I was 18 but failed the maths in the aptitude test. I was always useless at maths. Next recruiting campaign was not until 1980 so I applied again. By then they had changed the rules so if anybody had passed their leaving certificate - which I had - english, Irish, maths and two other subjects minium you did not have to do the aptitude test. So I applied again.

I failed my first medical due to some skin infection and was not called back for a second medical for about a year - then a lot of more waiting and waiting. Did not get into Templemore until January 26th 1983. So I was really trying to get in for 5 years. What a great feeling it was though to finally have made it - my lifelong dream job. Retired as a sergeant in 2013.

It would have been great to have the internet and talk to other applicants back then. Instead I was all in the dark about what was happening.

So hang in there - be patient and follow your dream.

Hi there. Would anyone have any idea on what the maths is like? Is it worth doing one of the on- line courses?

Absolutely not!!!

I'm 45 and applying, I was in the reserves for 10 years and loved every minute of it, I had to take step back due to family issues.

When I was a reserve there was a moratorium on recruitment, when it opened up again I was a few months too old!

So this is my first opportunity to go for the full time in the upper age limit.

I also have a full time job which I have been in for the last 24 years, a wife and two kids but it's something I have wanted for a long time