The Justice Minister says she will be making further announcements on Garda recruitment before the end of the year.
Frances Fitzgerald says its her intention that there will be seamless ongoing recruitment into the force.
The Minister attended an event at the Garda Training College in Templemore in Co Tipperary today, to mark the arrival of the first new recruits in five years.
27-year-old Rachel Killeen from Newmarket-on-Fergus in Co Clare is among the 100 people who started their two year training course last week: