Number of gardaí set to reach 14,220 as nearly 170 new officers graduate

Eva Osborne

More than 160 new gardaí will pass through the Garda College in Templemore on Friday afternoon.

Of those, 96 will be stationed in the Dublin Region, with 42 covering stations in the Southern and North Western regions combined.

It brings the number of sworn gardaí in the force to 14,220, with a further 277 currently undergoing training at the Garda College.

It comes as figures show more than 280 gardaí have handed in their notice within five years of joining the force since 2020.

Figures from An Garda Siochána show that 214 male officers and 73 female gardaí resigned their post after only a few short years of service after graduation from Templemore College.

In the first 11 months of this year, there were 55 resignations within five years of joining, 42 men and 13 women.

That figure is below the total from 2023 when a total of 68 gardaí packed it in not long after joining up.