Cork's Garda Force Grows By 13 Members
The first class of this year had their passing out ceremony in Templemore Co Tipperary today
The first class of this year had their passing out ceremony in Templemore Co Tipperary today and the 185 new members will now join their 16-thousand colleagues across the country.
Garda stations throughout Cork are to receive 13 new team members with 5 recruits deployed to Anglesea Street Garda Station and 4 to Fermoy and Bandon.
It's the fifteenth intake since the new recruitment programme began and 18 different nationalities were represented today.
Patrick O'Shea explains why he wanted to be a Garda:
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