by Felix Richter, Statista.com
— this post authored by Niall McCarthy
Over the past decade, increasing numbers of women have joined the police in the Republic of Ireland.
In 2006, there were 2,126 female garda’ and that reached 2,957 this year. That represents just over a quarter of the 12,850-strong force. Read the entire story on Irish news website thejournal.ie.
This chart shows the total number of female garda’ by rank in 2006 and 2016.
You will find more statistics at Statista.