The move follows 22 hours of intense negotiations at the Workplace Relations Commission across the weekend.

The Defence Forces strength in numbers has been in decline in recent years and fell below 7,500 last year.

There is a clear preference for hybrid working models among Irish workers.

Only half (34 per cent) of employers hiring underqualified employees are willing to invest in the training required to bring them up to scratch.

A combination of resignations, retirements and smaller than expected classes entering the Garda College has resulted in two years of post-pandemic Garda recruitment making little progress.

Superintendent Liam Geraghty said those who fail the Garda fitness test are mostly in the younger age bracket

The new recruitment drive closes in February

Director general Kevin Bakhurst told RTÉ staff that he was stopping all discretionary spending at the broadcaster

Garda recruitment issues must be dealt with to address the "crime epidemic" in Dublin city, a TD has said

The majority of the new roles will be based in the firm's new technology and analytics hub

The Minister for Justice has said the recruitment of an additional 1,000 officers by the end of the year is still possible.

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said bus operators in the capital are facing issues in attracting drivers.

Des Gibson from the Garda Representative Association (GRA) said they are losing 350–400 gardaí each year.

There are 99 roles on offer in Dublin

It has been proposed that the first of the two papers in the Leaving Cert English and Irish exams could be taken by students in 5th Year

Spending was considerably down last year to a total of €490,739, which was around two-thirds of the just over €750,000 that was spent in 2021.

The new recruitment campaign will assist in the recruitment of 1,000 new gardaí this year, as provided for in Budget 2023

The Labour Court has made the ruling despite Garda Commissioner Drew Harris telling the court that the age cap of 35 for new entrants for An Garda Síochána “is essential”.

The company has offices in Cork, Dublin, London and India

The HSE has paid private recruitment firms over €15 million since 2020

Aldi has initiated a recruitment drive to fill 450 vacancies across the retailers’ 153 store network in Ireland

About 80 of the new roles will be advisory positions, while the remaining 50 will be istrative positions.

The Garda Commissioner said An Garda Síochána is under "considerable strain"

Irish inflation hit 9.6 per cent and the cost of living has placed a renewed focus on employee salaries and employee benefits.

The company also confirmed that Brian Whelan has been appointed as the new managing director

Mr Donnelly hit out at the poor record of recruitment within the health service as well as the length of time it takes the HSE to build new buildings.

Unemployment has fallen to below pre-pandemic levels, and what we have instead is a full-blown recruitment crisis, writes John Dolan. So how do we solve it?

An unprecedented recruitment campaign by An Garda Síochána, which is set to increase their ranks to 15,000 , is coming to a close next week. As the deadline rapidly approaches, one Cork native who’s forged a lifelong career for himself within the organisation is urging anyone who’s interested to apply before it’s too late.