Joanna Donnelly - President of Ireland!

Dublin Calling · 02-09-2025 04:51PM #1

Joanna has officially started her campaign for the Park! She is live on RTE Radio 1 sounding quite clueless about what's required to run.

Jim_Hodge · 02-09-2025 04:57PM

This is painful.

ednwireland · 02-09-2025 04:58PM

awful, I think she made the wrong decision.

Condor24 · 02-09-2025 05:04PM

Egomaniac, she loves the attention and talking about herself. Avoid.

Storm 10 · 02-09-2025 05:05PM

Just wants to stay in the limelight

elperello · 02-09-2025 05:06PM

Nothing like aiming high.

Tough entering a field with two strong female candidates already nominated.

cheese sandwich · 02-09-2025 05:09PM

She reminds me of Liz Truss.

Like Truss, she should go away now

joebloggs32 · 02-09-2025 05:09PM

Someone close to her needs to have a quiet word with her. She is going to make a fool of herself.

GSF · 02-09-2025 05:10PM

Only meteorologist in the race so far though

Condor24 · 02-09-2025 05:10PM

I was prepared to let her rather public spat with Met E go, but she can't help herself now. Must be about her.

Quantum Erasure · 02-09-2025 05:13PM

Another leftist...

She's not an ambi-turner. I remember seeing a few forecasts where she had to point out something in the Atlantic and she was having difficulty doing it. She can't turn right

elperello · 02-09-2025 05:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123779801#Comment_123779801

I think in the case of this election

"you don't need a weather woman to know which way the wind blows"

(after Bob Dylan)

GSF · 02-09-2025 05:15PM

Will she make Met Eireann re employ her as her 1st act as president?

Quantum Erasure · 02-09-2025 05:15PM

Blame it on the weather, man

Nigel Fairservice · 02-09-2025 05:17PM

She has really overestimated her popularity. I'm not sure what credentials she possesses for the role of president. It will be interesting to hear why she thinks she would make a good president. I doubt she will get the required number of TDs or councils so support her anyway.

_Kaiser_ · 02-09-2025 05:20PM

This whole contest/election is just ridiculous at this point.

Not one of them is someone worth voting for.

cmac2009 · 02-09-2025 05:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123779825#Comment_123779825

Surely she is aware of this. Just another desperate attempt to keep her name in the media. Utter narcissist.

Larbre34 · 02-09-2025 05:22PM

**** off.

Absolutely scarlet to the bones for all belonging to her.

tayto lover · 02-09-2025 05:37PM

Never heard of her so I just googled her. A weather forecaster. She hasn't a hope.

Burt Renaults · 02-09-2025 05:41PM

Don't think anyone could've forecast this.

Rubberchikken · 02-09-2025 05:44PM

I hope she isn't serious. What a tool.

Is she trying to bring the position of president of ireland diwn to base level?

coillsaille · 02-09-2025 05:45PM

A hot air balloon would look tiny if placed next to that ego.

I've a keen interest in the weather so quite familiar with her over the years. I never liked her forecasts, always got the impression that it was more about her than the weather.

The article she wrote for the Indo confirmed that impression. Then the interview on Newstalk, sweet jesus I still can't believe she utttered the words "my public"....

That little girl who apparently stopped her on the street after storm Ophelia and thanked her for saving her dad and grandad's lives has a lot to answer for...

Edit: spelling, and to clarify the little girl sent her a letter it was other people who stopped her on the street thanking her.

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/people-stopped-me-on-the-street-and-touched-me-to-say-thank-you-you-saved-lives-joanna-donnelly-on-reaction-to-ophelia/36314676.html

Esel · 02-09-2025 05:48PM

Will she wink at us, I wonder?

NIMAN · 02-09-2025 05:51PM

She must have a good agent, she has hardly been out of the Indo website since she retired from doing the weather.

She is the main story on the website tonight. Forget Ukraine, Gaza, murdered kids, cost of living, record homeless numbers, Joanna is running for pres.

The position is quickly turning into a comedy spot. Gone are the times of statesmen and women, its now the celebs who want it. Its probably the way the world is going I suppose.

elperello · 02-09-2025 05:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123779917#Comment_123779917

In fairness though as someone who has a keen interest in the weather you probably agree that good forecasting does save lives.

It won't be enough to get her to the Park though .

magicbastarder · 02-09-2025 05:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123779905#Comment_123779905

It'll blow over

Jim_Hodge · 02-09-2025 05:54PM

"I have a feeling that the whole world is going to say, 'the absolute audacity of this one'."

She certain nailed that forecast.

coillsaille · 02-09-2025 05:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123779938#Comment_123779938

Yes good forecasting saves lives, as someone on the west coast with many fishermen in the previous generation of my family I know that all too well.

But the person delivering the forecast to camera isn't necessarily the person who did the forecasting, and if they did have a part in putting the forecast together it certainly wasn't on their own.

This person when you read interviews she has given about it makes it sound like she single handedly saved the country from Ophelia. Just Google her name and Ophelia.

Burt Renaults · 02-09-2025 05:58PM

Come on, there's no need to rain on her parade.

02-09-2025 06:15PM

I blame Dana.

elperello · 02-09-2025 06:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123779953#Comment_123779953

I have reason myself to be grateful for good forecasting.

I just wanted to put it on record that forecasting is indeed a serious business.

Nothing to do with the personality of the forecaster.

She hasn't a hope anyway.

Joanna Donnelly - President of Ireland!

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