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Fancy wearing the blue? The Garda Reserve is taking on 300 more recruits

It’s part of a plan to increase the size of both the reserve and regular garda forces.

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Mar 23rd 2017, 6:10 AM

Garda reserve numbers dropped 35% since 2014, here's how many reserves are in each division

The biggest drop was in the Dublin South Central district where the number fell by a further 12% since May of this year.

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Nov 27th 2016, 7:45 AM