Those who have been anxiously awaiting the opportunity to take over from the Met Office will be glad to hear that RTE, which announced earlier this year that it was relaunching its weather service, has at last advertised for weather presenters.

Also among those looking for recruits in Business This Week 2 today is the Garda Siochana which is inviting applications from "young men and women seeking a challenging career".

The 25 pages of jobs advertisements are again dominated by posts in financial services and technology and Irish firms are prominent among those recruiting. Financial services companies looking for employees include Davy Stockbrokers, Irish Life, GE Capital Woodchester and Merrill Lynch.