Civil Service work in Garda Stations

Hi Shanesgal,

I am in the mid west of Ireland.

I am only interested in jobs within a 30 mile radius of home. This is because my spouse has a permanent job here & we have a house. I would prefer to pick up some temporary work locally rather than move to Dublin. Also my spouse would divorce me if I were to move to Dublin & live separately Mon to Fri I have said in my applications for government jobs, that I would only be interested in X location. I have commuted for the past 15 years in my current career, and I am trying to get slightly shorter hours & a more stable job, hence applying for the government jobs.

I am just trying to find out about the work in Garda stations. I know that I may not be called at all off the panel. They do not give jobs to everyone on the panel. I am on another panel as well for a different government job, and I was trying to see what each government job entailed e.g. type of work, opportunities to progress etc.

COs in garda stations are not under the Dept of Justice for nearly a year now. That tie has unfortunately been cut and they are now under the Garda Commissioner. See [broken link removed]

I have passed the interview for CO in the Limerick area, I asked before my interview where the positions were for, they said it was for several departments in the Limerick area, no one mentioned Garda Stations. Can anyone advise on this, would you think it is the Garda Station? How long will I be waiting to be called for a position?

They may be in the Garda Stations, then again they may be in other depts. Sometimes if you are high up on the panel you could be called after a month or two, otherwise you could be waiting six months. Also bear in mind that not everyone on the panel will actually get a job.

Panels usually last one year, maybe two. The Civil Service keep calling people from the panel according to as the vacancies come up. If you are unlucky, only 6 or 8 jobs could be given out in the year, and the panel could expire before you actually get a job. This has happened in the past.

If you like you could ring them and ask how far down you are on the panel.

Zibby said:

I have passed the interview for CO in the Limerick area, I asked before my interview where the positions were for, they said it was for several departments in the Limerick area, no one mentioned Garda Stations. Can anyone advise on this, would you think it is the Garda Station? How long will I be waiting to be called for a position?

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With all the big departments (mainly Revenue) in Limerick with probably a couple of hundred CO positions, I think it's highly unlikely (although a remote possibility) that you would be assigned to a Garda Station.