2025 Garda Recruitment Campaign Announced.

• The 2025 Garda recruitment campaign will open for applications on February 6th, 2025, for a 3 week period.
• New trainees eligible for increased training allowance of €354.00 per week.

The provision of more than €2.48 billion in Budget 2025, will support the recruitment of new Garda members, Garda staff and Garda Reserves. The Programme for Government also commits to providing funding to recruit at least 5,000 new Gardaí over the next five years.

Recruitment into An Garda Síochána has accelerated following the forced closure of the Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Garda College during the pandemic. The 2024 Garda recruitment campaign received a strong response, with almost 6,400 applications, one third of which were from the 35-49 age group. That was the first time that those aged over 35 could apply.

The new Programme for Government outlines a number of measures intended to strengthen An Garda Síochána; expand the organisation’s resources and modernise support to tackle crime.
These include:

1. A reform of the Garda recruitment and training processes to increase capacity.
2. Examining the introduction of an accelerated graduate entry programme to An Garda Síochána.
3. Implementation of a new Garda Capital Plan to deliver modern, well-equipped Garda stations across the country.

Prospective candidates can visit publicjobs.ie in the coming days, hopefully, for more information on how to apply.