The first group of RUC officers selected for peacekeeping duties with the United Nations in Kosovo is to arrive for a preparatory course at the Garda College, Templemore, Co Tipperary, next week.
Altogether, 70 RUC officers are to take up duties in Kosovo next month. Two separate groups of 35 officers are to receive two days of training at Templemore next week before travelling to Kosovo.
Gardai have been involved in policing with the UN in former Yugoslavia. Both gardai and members of the Defence Forces are serving in Kosovo.