Breaking down barriers: Garda recruitment drive targets diversity  

Fares Sabbagh in the Dublin Mosque on Sth Circular Rd.., where he works. Picture: Moya Nolan

When Fares Sabbagh saw that you had to be able to speak Irish to join the gardaí, he knew it was not for people like him.

“When I was a teenager I looked into the gardaí, not because I wanted to join, I was just curious about it,” the now 30-year-old said.