Significant rise in number of garda applicants from ethnic minorities

Some 44 Travellers were among those who applied to join the Gardaí in 2022. File Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

There has been a relatively significant increase in the diversity of people applying to be gardaí, figures for the most recent garda recruitment campaign indicate.

People describing themselves as “White Irish” accounted for 77% of applications — down from 88% in the last garda recruitment campaign in 2019.