The Taoiseach Simon Harris and the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee attended The Garda Training College in Templemore this morning as 169 Gardaí were attested as sworn members of An Garda Síochána.
The latest group of probationer Garda includes 119 men and 50 women. 14 of the new Gardaí were born outside the state in countries such as Estonia, New Zealand, England, Serbia, Brazil, Romania, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Spain, Northern Ireland.
The Southern Region of Ireland which includes county Tipperary is allocated 18 of the new Garda – the majority, 96, are assigned to Dublin with 31 assigned to the Eastern region of the county. The North West is allocated 24 of the new Gardaí.
There are now 14,220 Sworn Gardaí supported by 3,699 Garda Staff and 319 Garda Reserves. This number of Sworn Gardaí is less than the total number of Garda five years ago (14,307), due to difficulties recruiting and retaining Garda and the temporary closure of the College during the Pandemic. The highest ever force number is 14,750 Gardaí.277 Garda recruits made up of two separate groups are currently undergoing the training programme at the Garda College and a further group are due to start their training on Monday December 16th.
