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RTE Weather Presenters of the past

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    #32
    spurious
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    I remember both Paddy McHugh and Michael Gilligan. I was at school with both thier daughters.


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    #33
    danslevent
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    Anyone see the RTE weather report at seven? The presenter looked like she was in a biking outfit or something


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    #34
    Kippure
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    danslevent wrote: »
    Anyone see the RTE weather report at seven? The presenter looked like she was in a biking outfit or something

    Respect;)


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    #35
    jd
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    danslevent wrote: »
    Anyone see the RTE weather report at seven? The presenter looked like she was in a biking outfit or something
    :)

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    #36
    nacho libre
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    What a great humanist Jean is!


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    #37
    jd
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    And now in white for the summer...
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    Volcanic upper levels, jeburs!


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    #38
    Loveless
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    redsunset wrote: »
    A very young Jean Byrne in 1981

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    Meteorologist Jean Byrne (1981)

    She reminds me of a young Caroline Morahan........

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    #39
    danslevent
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    Haha! I haven't gone on this in awhile. I have to say, I prefer the white version of the biker outfit, but the black does have a more biker feel to it.


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    #40
    Big Tone
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    BTW what happened to "winking" weatheman Gerard Fleming and his colleague John Eagleton...haven't seen them doing the RTE TV weather forecast in many many months!

    Have RTE replaced them?


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    #41
    Speak Now
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    Big Tone wrote: »
    BTW what happened to "winking" weatheman Gerard Fleming and his colleague John Eagleton...haven't seen them doing the RTE TV weather forecast in many many months!

    Have RTE replaced them?

    Gerard is now Head of Forecasting in Met Éireann so you now only see him on TV when he's being interviewed on a big weather event.

    The eagle has quit the TV work to spend more time on his meteorological work at Met Eireann.


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    #42
    Big Tone
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    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    Gerard is now Head of Forecasting in Met Éireann so you now only see him on TV when he's being interviewed on a big weather event.

    The eagle has quit the TV work to spend more time on his meteorological work at Met Eireann.

    Interesting, thanks for that Jerry, very rapid response too!

    I thought both those guys were very good at presenting and knew their stuff, must be a daunting job though presenting the weather on RTE TV, bet they both dont miss it. But I feel some of the new crop are not so good, there's a couple of girls there who usually have scant and bare looking graphics....

    Aidan Nulty is another guy who's been missing a lot from the TV screens, has Gerard replaced him in ME?


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    #43
    jd
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    Gerry gave the forecast a few weeks ago - I think it was when the Tall Ships were in Waterford (he still lives in Wexford)


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    JanuarySnowstor
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    Big Tone wrote: »
    Interesting, thanks for that Jerry, very rapid response too!

    I thought both those guys were very good at presenting and knew their stuff, must be a daunting job though presenting the weather on RTE TV, bet they both dont miss it. But I feel some of the new crop are not so good, there's a couple of girls there who usually have scant and bare looking graphics....

    Aidan Nulty is another guy who's been missing a lot from the TV screens, has Gerard replaced him in ME?

    Aidan Nulty retired, I think around December last year
    Gerald replaced him


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    #45
    inabina
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    Eagle was on Radio 1 17.57 forecast this evening in fine fettle....miss him dearly on the tele


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    #46
    nacho libre
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    Speaking of past presenters, Gerald Fleming was on the radio at few minutes ago. Talking about the history of Met Eireann.

    He mentioned during the course of a very interesting interview that Paddy McHugh is still alive!


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    Deep Easterly
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    News report coming up on the 6 one news on the 75th Anniversary of Met Eireann.


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    Jackanackanory
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    Vere Wynn Jones - another blast from the past. Fondly known as Very Windy Jones :)


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    #49
    nacho libre
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    Jackanackanory wrote: »
    Vere Wynn Jones - another blast from the past. Fondly known as Very Windy Jones :)

    He died four or five year ago. He had a great voice for TV.


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    Speak Now
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    Jackanackanory wrote: »
    Vere Wynn Jones - another blast from the past. Fondly known as Very Windy Jones :)

    I never knew Vere Wynne Jones presented the weather.


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    #51
    dexter647
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    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    I never knew Vere Wynne Jones presented the weather.

    Yea just a news reader as far as i was aware. Didn't realise he had passed either..Rip


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    Jackanackanory
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    I didn't know that either, RIP.


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    #53
    octo
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    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    News report coming up on the 6 one news on the 75th Anniversary of Met Eireann.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpMM4-WZUUk


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    #54
    Deep Easterly
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    octo wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpMM4-WZUUk

    Two familiar faces from the past on the report there. John Doyle & Joan Blackburn!


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    #55
    piuswal
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    Danno wrote: »
    Evelyn Cusack was the first, or Jean Byrne...?

    Evelyn Murphy was the first female TV Broadcast Meteorologist


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    #56
    Redsunset
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    piuswal wrote: »
    Evelyn Murphy was the first female TV Broadcast Meteorologist

    Perhaps you should read the thread,this was confirmed on first page.:)

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    Caption Meteorologist Evelyn Murphy (1983) Personalities/Groups Murphy, Evelyn
    Description Meteorologist Evelyn Murphy works on a weather chart in Met Éireann's headquarters in Glasnevin, Dublin, in June 1983. A still from this shoot was published in a very brief article in the RTÉ Guide of 17 June 1983. Evelyn Murphy was the first woman to forecast the weather on RTÉ Television.
    Met Éireann is the Irish National Meteorological Service. Collection RTÉ Guide Photographer Holmes, Eve Date of photograph 01/Jun/1983


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    #57
    Mothman
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    octo wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpMM4-WZUUk
    Of course we haven't a clue really
    :D an unfortunate way to end the report :)


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