Dublin has been allocated almost half of all newly-qualified gardai – despite having less than a third of Ireland’s population, it has emerged.
A Mirror analysis has found that some 3,781 probationer gardai have come out the gates of the force college in Templemore, Co Tipperary, to stations around the country – but a whopping 1,667 were sent to Dublin.
That means 44% of all trainees were sent to the Garda Dublin Metropolitan Region, the force area that covers Dublin city and county.
