Seachain an duine a bhíonn ina thost

Did you know that 13945 people applied to the Civil Service Fast Stream programme last year? And that those people have already done an online self-assessment test to see if they have any chance of getting through, so many potential applications have already filtered themselves out? And that they accept approximately 500 of those? I'm feeling pessimistic about getting accepted. Apparently I'm in the 'amber band' and will have to wait until mid-February to hear whether I'm in or not.