by Gordon DeeganThe Defence Forces spent €360,000 on its 2017 recruitment campaigns, resulting in 13,854 male and female applications. The campaign had a strong digital and social media dimension with a special focus seeking to attract ‘sporty’ women. The figures show that female applicants make up just under 10% of new inductees with recruitment from the 2017 continuing from recruitment panels in place. On the total 13,854 applications received, a spokeswoman for the Defence Forces said yesterday that “the level of applicants met and exceeded the Defence Forces applicant targets for 2017”. A breakdown of the inductees today shows that 615 were recruited into general made up of 553 in the army and 62 in the naval service.

Source: Irish Examiner January 21, 2018 14:48 UTC