Everything you need to know about Garda Recruitment
An Garda Síochána is the national police service of Ireland. Garda recruitment competitions are run in order for eligible candidates to apply to join the force as Garda Trainees. Garda recruitment competitions for the selection of Garda Trainees attract a very high number of applicants in every campaign. Accordingly, the selection process to become a Garda Trainee is competitive, with candidates required to undertake a range of relevant assessment tests and exercises over a number of selection stages.
September Garda Recruitment Campaign
A new Garda recruitment campaign was launched in September 2025. Applications were made available via the Public Appointments Service website.
The deadline for applications was 3pm on Thursday 9th October 2025
If you successfully submit a Garda application form you can expect to be invited to the Stage 1 Online Aptitude Tests soon after the application deadline has passed. There’s no initial shortlisting so if you apply, you should expect to be invited to Stage 1. Start preparing for success in the online tests stage now!
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The competitive selection process involves a number of stages:
- Application Form
- Stage 1 – Online Aptitude Tests (Verbal & Numerical) & Written Exercise
- Stage 2 – Competency Based Interview
- Stage 3 – Fitness Test
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