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It’s a long way from driving articulated dumper trucks and tippers, but ultimately, it was the career progression opportunities that attracted me to An Garda Síochána.

Gerry from Gacquin Training and Education is a retired member of An Garda Siochana, having served thirty three years. For the final twenty of that he served in the Continuous Professional Unit of the Organisation for Roscommon/Galway East /Longford. That entailed training and mentoring Garda of all ranks in all areas of relevance.

Seventeen years into volunteering for the Garda Reserve, and Michael Ryan from east County Galway still gets shivers when he dons the dark blue uniform at the beginning of each shift.

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Transport, Robert Troy says he is shocked and appalled by new information which shows that there has been a 30 per cent drop in the number of Gardaí assigned to the Traffic Corps since 2011.

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Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald has announced the opening of a recruitment campaign for new members of An Garda Síochána in 2016.

There is good news for people who have been waiting for a chance to join An Garda Síochána. The Public Appointments Service is currently accepting applications for An Garda Síochána on its website www.publicjobs.ie. Applications will continue to be accepted until Tuesday January 5 2016. Even better news is that Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, has announced that up to 600 new Garda trainees will be recruited in 2016.

The announcement of 600 new gardaí in Budget 2016 symbolises the Government’s commitment to increasing resources for an An Garda Síochána, according to Fine Gael TD for Longford-Westmeath Gabrielle McFadden.