'Previously, you couldn't join if you weren't Irish': Nine new garda graduates born outside the State

Ciaran Fagan, Manchester, Jane Taylor, Drumcondra, and Pawel Skutela, Poland and Limerick City, at the passing out parade at Templemore on Friday Pictures: Brendan Gleeson

A drone flew overhead and cameras clicked busily as 80 male and 28 female garda graduates marched in uniform through the square in Templemore garda training college as they were attested as sworn gardaí.

Of those, nine were born outside the State, with new graduates from Slovakia, Poland, Romania, India, Lithuania and Ethiopia.