Tipperary hurling captain, Padraic Maher sported a different shade of Premier County blue today, thanks to his mother,
.Garda Maher, along with nine other probationer members of An Garda Siochana, walked out of Henry Steet station in Limerick for his first day on the beat.
Padraic, 28, said: " Since I was in my teens my mother was always on to me about becoming a garda. Before I entered Templemore garda college I was working with Irish Water.
Mixing training and work will place new pressure on his daily schedule.
Padraic won an All-Ireland medal in 2016 to go along with his two minor medals and an Under 21.
He believes being a Garda will help his hurling; "They both go hand in hand. You have to have a lot of discipline in both. Hopefully, what you gain in on will help in the other.
He expressed one goal at his new station.
Supt Derek Smart welcomed Padraic and the nine other new members of the force to Henry Street.
Supt Smart said: