Farewell Joanna !

She is in fair nick for someone retiring. I wish her all the best.

I did not like her presenting style....

melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention.

I think Martin King on TV3 started the trend of chatty weather forecasters.

In fairness she seemed good fun.. Met Eireann pensions are probably gold plated soo she can swan off into the sunset. Speaking of which I predict a contracting gig in RTE for her, starting with a travel show and then maybe a science or quiz/game show type effort.

Edited. Thank you.

I prefer Michelle Dillon, she has a lovely Irish lilt. She is from a farming background in West Clare.

Joanna seemed to seek attention. What started off as a harmless likeable trait has become more and more annoying to the extent it was often difficult to follow what she was saying. She seems highly excitable and it was quite distracting. I think weather presenters should do their best to present the weather in a professional and calm manner. Michelle Dillon does just that. I am sure Joanna is a v nice women, hope she enjoys the next chapter of her life.

Farewell Joanna. Not an easy job by any means but I always enjoyed your manner and style. I hope you enjoy the next phase of your career.

My favourite moment ever from her with this cheeky comment on Twitter days coming up to the Beast from the East.

Tune into tnag for attractive

Siobhan Ryan and Michelle Dillon are both younger and very attractive……. there is no discrimination against attractive weather girls in Ireland. Joanna was a bit like marmite…love/hate. I found her style very distracting particularly lately, almost giddy and disjointed.

Siobhan Ryan and Michelle Dillon are calm and professional. Again this is just my opinion and it is entirely based on presenting styles. I could say the same about Miriam O Callaghan versus Sarah McInerney, Micheal Martin versus Simon Harris. The viewer makes up their minds on these little idiosyncrasies. There is nothing wrong in commenting on it.

If they were in an empty room they be most attractive person in there

I saw a thread on Reddit this morning that suggested the same

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/1k4olf7/met_%C3%A9ireann_weather_presenter_joanna_donnelly_has/

I'd have the same opinion as yourself, clearly knows her stuff professionally but personality wise not my cup of tea at all, very much attention seeking and a tendency to trip herself up by needlessly overcomplicating simple bits of information. But each to their own I suppose, wishing her all the best for whatever comes next

I wish her well on her next adventures in life but I was not a fan of how she told the weather but she was good crack and is a good person. She was fun on DWTS as well.

Going by that Irish times article she seems to want to “reveal” why she resigned at some point in future but is “keeping us in suspense” for now…

One weather forecaster is "the rest of the world?" How d'you come to that fking genius conclusion.