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190 new gardaí graduated from Templemore

Taoiseach calls for more ethnic diversity among gardaí

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has called for greater ethnic diversity in An Garda Síochána.

More than three quarters of the new gardaí are being allocated to stations in parts of the country worst affected by organised crime

Harris to continue deploying new gardaí to frontline

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said he will continue to put more gardaí on the frontline by deploying new recruits and redeploying gardaí from administrative to operational roles.

Crime • 07 Jun 19

The Policing Authority revealed 'fundamental flaws' in the reform process

SF concerned over 'fundamental flaws' in Garda reform

Sinn Féin has said it is "particularly concerning" that the Policing Authority believes that the entire reform process being undertaken by An Garda Síochána is fundamentally flawed.

Ireland • 09 Aug 18

Financial irregularites have been noted at the Garda College in Templemore

Garda handling of Templemore issue criticised

The Policing Authority has strongly criticised the Garda's handling of the financial irregularities at the Garda College in Templemore and the ongoing investigation into false breath tests and wrongful convictions.

Ireland • 28 Jul 17

PAC has raised questions about the corporate governance structures at the Department of Justice

PAC report criticises O'Sullivan over Templemore delays

An Oireachtas report into the Garda Training College at Templemore says it was "unacceptable" that the C&AG was not informed about financial issues there until ten months after the Garda Commissioner was told about them.

garda • 18 Jul 17

By the end of the year, garda numbers will hit 13,500

Garda graduates urged to help transform the force

A total of 198 new gardaí have qualified from Templemore today - the biggest single number of graduates since a moratorium on recruitment was lifted three years ago.

garda • 06 Jul 17

Nóirín O'Sullivan has said that the financial issues at Templemore Garda College were legacy matters

Commissioner 'not protecting anyone' over bank account

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has denied that financial irregularities at the Garda College Templemore were referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to keep the controversy from the public and the Public Accounts Committee.

Politics • 20 Jun 17

PAC has been examining financial irregularities at the college

Differences of opinion seen in Templemore documents

Dozens of letters between senior officials on how to deal with financial irregularities at Templemore Garda Training College show strong differences of opinion between them, according to documents seen by RTÉ News.

Ireland • 24 May 17

The Garda Commissioner was originally planned to appear before the PAC again in July

PAC considers earlier appearance by Garda Commissioner

The Public Accounts Committee is considering moving forward Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan's next appearance at the committee, chairman Seán Fleming has said.

an garda síochána • 10 May 17

A report detailing financial irregularities at the college was published earlier this year

PAC expects more revelations on Garda College

The Public Accounts Committee is expected to receive more documentation in the coming hours which will contain further revelations about the Garda College in Templemore and garda finances.

Ireland • 09 May 17

Accounting practices at the Garda College in Templemore are the focus

Concern over financial irregularities at Garda College

PAC Chairman Seán Fleming has said the Garda Commissioner will be called before it to explain what he described as "a breakdown of all financial controls" at the Garda College in Templemore.

an garda síochána • 29 Mar 17

Nóirín O'Sullivan was speaking on RTÉ's Today with Sean O'Rourke

O'Sullivan: No Templemore misuse of public funds

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has said there was no misuse of public funds in the management of the Garda College in Templemore.

News • 23 Jan 17

There are currently 12,800 gardaí in the force

250 new gardaí to be recruited over six months

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has told the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors that 250 new gardaí will be recruited over the next six months.

News • 01 Apr 15

The new recruits are the first members to join the force in more than five years

New garda recruits begin training

One hundred garda recruits are beginning their training at the Garda College in Templemore today.

News • 08 Sep 14

A new training programme for recruits is due to begin in the next two weeks

Garda recruits to be more 'accountable'

The officer in charge of the Garda College has said she would like to think that there was no "blue wall" in the gardaí and that Templemore would produce good officers to police modern Ireland.

News • 27 Aug 14

It takes two years before a recruit becomes a fully-trained garda

Training of new garda recruits delayed

The Government has announced that new gardaí due to be recruited this month will not now begin training until early September.

News • 17 Jul 14

The last garda recruits graduated from Templemore in 2011 (Pic: Photocall Ireland/Eamonn Farrell)

First garda recruitment in five years announced

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has confirmed garda recruitment will recommence for the first time in five years tomorrow.

News • 11 Dec 13

The figures were released ahead of garda crime conference in Templemore

Almost 7,000 arrests as part of Operation Fiacla

Almost 7,000 people have been arrested during the past 18 months under an operation set up to target individuals and criminal gangs involved in burglaries across the country.

News • 13 Nov 13

Alan Shatter did not say how many gardaí would be recruited

Garda recruitment to recommence next year

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has announced that garda recruitment will recommence next year.

News • 15 Jul 13

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