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  • 25-09-2019 7:13pm
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    Joe Public
    Registered Users Posts: 1,777 ✭✭✭


    After many years of service our endearing weather man John Eagleton is retiring this week.

    Personally I will miss his soothing voice whereby he has always delivered the good and bad weather in such a professional manner and even if it was a bad forecast nobody panicked :)

    Best of luck John in your retirement.


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    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    The day he left the TV forecasts was the day the weather got worse.

    May he have a retirement which is bright with sunny spells.


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    JanuarySnowstor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    A true professional and a joy to watch on tv


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    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Sad to see him go. Alot of the steady hands are sadly coming of retirement age.


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    Comhrá
    Registered Users Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    I'll miss John's broadcasts on RTE. He had a unique, very soothing way of presenting the weather... he even managed to make bad weather sound tolerable.

    Happy retirement John.


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    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,877 ✭✭✭pauldry


    A positive weatherman in the face of months of rain.

    "It wont be all bad" "everywhere should get some dry spells" " it wont be wet all the time" Take note Gerry Murphy (we can expect rain or drizzle and unsettled windy weather from now until I retire)


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    Jpmarn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Jpmarn


    Apparently his last radio broadcast was just before 6pm yesterday evening.


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    Joe Public
    Registered Users Posts: 1,777 ✭✭✭Joe Public


    His last forecast on RTE radio 1

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/8y4qb621n8t8b5i/John%20Eagleton.m4a?dl=0


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    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,386 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    The day he left the TV forecasts was the day the weather got worse.

    May he have a retirement which is bright with sunny spells.

    He caused climate change?

    Seriously, hope he has a happy retirement, always seemed like a like able block.


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    elderberry
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭elderberry


    Best wishes for a long and happy retirement to John.


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    Rebelbrowser
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    Maybe he might start posting here like some ex weather men do on Netweather?


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