154 new Gardaí to be assigned across the country

The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan welcomed the attestation of 154 new Gardaí at a ceremony in the Garda College in Templemore today.

The new probationer Gardaí will now begin their careers in An Garda Síochána and will be assigned to Garda Divisions across the country by the Garda Commissioner.

This will be the largest allocation of probationer Gardaí to Regions outside of Dublin in the past year, with the majority being assigned to communities in the South and Northwest. 45 of the new Gardaí will be deployed in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, with 66 going to the Southern Region, including 20 Probationer Gardaí each for stations in Limerick City and Cork City respectively.

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