16,700 apply for 600 trainee garda positions

Almost 16,700 people have applied for the 600 trainee garda positions being filled this year.

16,700 apply for 600 trainee garda positions

The Public Appointments Service said it would take months before the first batch of successful candidates, numbering up to 150, are sent to An Garda Síochána.

“We have received just under 16,700 [applications[ for the Garda Trainee competition,” said a PAS spokesman.

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