Number of female gardaí is only barely increasing despite recruitment drives

The number of women being recruited to the gardaí had been falling in the first half of this decade and only began to rise again in 2017 and 2018. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Despite Government efforts to increase the number of female gardaí, the force has barely 600 more than it did a decade ago.

Women still only make up less than 28% of sworn members of An Garda Síochána.