Search is on for cool and cultural diplomat

Do you have a cool head, “emotional strength”, and a strong interest in other cultures?

If so, then you could be the next globe-trotting Irish diplomat — with a salary scale between about €31,000 and €59,000.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has just opened the recruitment process for a band of new third secretaries — an entry grade position previously held by diplomatic and political veteran Martin Mansergh as a 28-year-old in 1974.