Wanna drive a choo choo & got a feminine side?

[watty]

Iarnród Éireann launches new recruitment campaign for up to 80 train driver positions

Iarnród Éireann is seeking to hire up to 80 new train drivers, according to a new recruitment campaign launched today.

They new roles will be based in locations including Dublin (DART, Connolly and Heuston), Cork, Limerick, Galway, Portlaoise and Waterford.

The company is urging more women to consider applying for the new roles, with an increasing number in recent trainee classes.

It  has also highlighted the diverse range of previous careers from which recent driver recruits have come from, including “from banking to airlines, to defence forces to archaeology and much more.”

I can't imagine the area knowledge test is that difficult 

Examiner: How do you drive a train from A to B?
Student: In a straight line?
Examiner: Correct!
Student: 

[Rat Catcher]

What wage do they pay?

[Tony]

You'd have to have a one track mind to do that job

[John m]

What wage do they pay?

I told you about that for young Rodent and Younger Rodent before it was advertised .Most of them jobs are gone before they are advertised .Inter City train driver is on about 78K a year .

[silverbullet]

What wage do they pay?

I told you about that for young Rodent and Younger Rodent before it was advertised .Most of them jobs are gone before they are advertised .Inter City train driver is on about 78K a year .

I remember a DART driver known as the Grim Reaper because of the number of suicides under his train. I suppose they get used to it.

[Shallow Hal]

Be a model railway enthusiasts wet dream job!!

Think I'd be too old for a job like that!

[silverbullet]

Ideal for single mothers who were "Up The Junction"

[John m]

An Post are looking for Pedestrian Postmen not advertised yet apply on line through An Post website .Postie wanted for new area in City West .

[silverbullet]

An Post are looking for Pedestrian Postmen not advertised yet apply on line through An Post website .Postie wanted for new area in City West .

I suppose it beats walking the streets all day?