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Garda recruitment campaign raises maximum age for applicants to 50

The allowance for trainee gardaí has also been increased from €184 to €305 per week

At the end of 2023, there were 13,998 gardaí in the service – more than 1,000 below the government’s target of 15,000. Picture: Getty

A new round of garda recruitment opened on Monday, increasing the maximum age for applicants from 35 to 50.

The allowance for trainee gardaí has also been increased from €184 to €305 per week.

A €400,000 advertising campaign for the recruitment competition is running across national and local media, online and social media – with efforts being made to target Irish people living in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

In order to ...