250 New Gardai To Be Recruited This Year.
Recruitment for 250 new gardai has been announced by the Justice Minister.
They'll join the 300 currently in training at Templemore Garda college.
It's in a bid to replenish the force, which has dropped to fewer than 30,000.
It's now at it's lowest level in over a decade.
Minister Frances Fitzgerald says the Government's committed to recruitment of new gardai: