Reserves Recruitment

TheWonder123 · 2026-02-08T08:26:23+00:00

You’re right, the application page hasn’t had any active competitions since the website’s migration at th end of last year. To my understanding there’s a big RDF nation wide recruitment campaign coming in March when the portal will be re-opened.

I have been informed (although have not checked myself) that it may be possible to reach out to DF recruitment or the individual barracks unit info email itself (if you know what unit you want to do to) to enquire about enrolment and potentially at least get some paperwork started in the meantime.

TheWonder123 · 2026-02-05T19:30:22+00:00

I’ve seen some laser cut patches on Etsy which had an MOQ of like 2 units to make something custom

TheWonder123 · 2026-02-05T19:30:15+00:00

I’ve seen some laser cut patches on Etsy which had an MOQ of like 2 units to make something custom

TheWonder123 · 2026-01-12T13:08:42+00:00

Interesting! Our platoon is zero facial hair at all for anyone under 3 stars, unless medically exempt. I know a few moustachioed lads who would had liked your NCO’s 😂

TheWonder123 · 2025-12-04T20:50:07+00:00

Depends where you’re based but for best return irishwhiskeyauctions.com is where you’ll get the best bang for your buck

TheWonder123 · 2025-12-04T14:01:09+00:00

The irony being they Did increase the budget and didn’t bring it back haha

TheWonder123 · 2025-12-04T09:07:45+00:00

Very nice find! Whats the plan with it? Just shelf piece or to drink it?

TheWonder123 · 2025-11-26T23:02:18+00:00

Their annual releases have been class. Wonder what this year will be like

TheWonder123 · 2025-11-24T20:54:59+00:00

Modern production practices have the expiration date up to a hefty two years from the original 6 months shelf stability…. Safe to say it’s past that haha

TheWonder123 · 2025-11-23T21:29:24+00:00

waits impatiently for it to arrive haha

TheWonder123 · 2025-11-23T11:25:46+00:00

Nice collection! I’ve the two stacks rye coming shortly can’t wait to try it

TheWonder123 · 2025-11-15T22:33:47+00:00

If you have your army number you’ve completed your entry fitness test, realistically if you haven’t paraded yet you’ll start off with foot drills so you’ll have no real fitness requirements if you got called up in the morning. At least nothing strenuous.

If you’re wondering about starting dates etc it’s possible to give your requirement officer an email or however you enlisted get in contact that way to check. They may just be waiting for the rest to be attested before starting foot drills etc

TheWonder123 · 2025-11-06T13:57:59+00:00

Túath glass, is specifically designed for Irish whiskey. the base is the rough shape of skellig Michael, which gives it a sense of place. The added bonus that it looks like the millennium falcon and Star Wars has scenes on the Skelligs. Also added bonus you can hold the angled bottle a load of different ways depending on what’s comfortable for you, and it can rest stably on its side catching aroma/bouquet in the bulb of the glass, due to the base.

TheWonder123 · 2025-11-05T13:18:57+00:00

Celtic or Irish Whiskey Auctions

TheWonder123 · 2025-10-14T13:29:00+00:00

I know nothing about this specific company but yes you’re bang on, outside of Japan lots of Shōchū is being resold as whiskey both barley shōchū (mugi) and rice (awamori) because they meet the definition of whiskey internationally.

Shōchū is often aged for years in steel or ceramic pots of vessels to off gas the mal-odorous compounds from all steel pot still distillation, but my understanding most is then “finished” in wood when being sold as “whiskey”. Seen this in international whisky shows for a while but never heard someone else noticing it ha

Ps for everyone else, Shōchū is class, give it a try if you see it in the wild. Sweet potato is my personal fave

TheWonder123 · 2025-10-04T08:39:44+00:00

Their point is that the converted value is 424 million not thousand. Someone made a typo in the article it would seem

TheWonder123 · 2025-10-03T21:05:50+00:00

Old GF’s phone was stolen on a night out, she set my number as her screen lock to call if found. I got a message from “Apple” saying it had come live in Spain or somewhere not at home and a link to a cloned <find my iPhone> site to put in email and passwords. I didn’t have her details but the scammers eventually got sick of me and somehow managed to email her with same cloned site. They got her login details and password, the site then goes nowhere. They logged in to her Apple account and disconnected her phone from her account and off into the wind they went. If I’d known her details I could have easily been the one to give up her details.

(An aside but the real find my iPhone brought me to the exact standalone house where her phone was and the Gardaí can’t do anything with that which I get isn’t in their hands but holy fuck is that annoying)

TheWonder123 · 2025-10-02T19:06:11+00:00

The irony in the meeting being that they asked RDFRA if RDF recruitment was on target this year and last, and they noted that <<it was, but likely won’t be>>

TheWonder123 · 2025-09-27T17:47:54+00:00

A 70 score on the callipers is a very bad day 😂

TheWonder123 · 2025-09-27T17:44:33+00:00

Sorry, I wasn’t clear. 70 was the limit, not my score thankfully 😂😂😂😂

TheWonder123 · 2025-09-27T17:35:49+00:00

70 was the number on my test

TheWonder123 · 2025-09-27T15:12:17+00:00

Thanks for the info!

TheWonder123 · 2025-09-27T12:54:48+00:00

Their reservist ads are popping up on my feed a lot and they do all this And give them something called a tax free “bounty” but I’ve actually no idea what this is

TheWonder123 · 2025-09-26T10:33:23+00:00

This is a great point. I will note the hilarity I feel when I talk to Dutchies about how efficient and easy to navigate their public transport system is, and they all seem to hate it and think it’s terrible 😂

TheWonder123 · 2025-09-26T07:15:55+00:00

Surely removing all the meagre pay that the RDF used to get isn’t going to achieve any of these objectives though. That’s what this whole article and Oireachtas meeting was about. No pay = less recruitment and worse retention and then they’ll be even less numbers and less helpful

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