IM Irish, am i screwed.
Short answer: yes. (Anyone who hails from the Emerald toilet is screwed for life)
Long answer: The RAF is heavily overmanned in the GD(Pilot) branch. The people who are already in are facing some tough decisions from the ivory towers. The into-productive service requirements have been slashed - I would assume that recruiting has suffered (or will soon suffer) the knock-on effect of a recruitment freeze.
If you are Irish why don't you try the Irish Air Corps and fly Dauphins or C-172s?