My Childhood with Joanna Donnelly: I made many outfits I wore on RTÉ — mam taught me

Meteorologist and author says she learned the value of money from her mother and has raised her children to appreciate what they have

Joanna Donnelly's mother Marie with Joanna, her brothers Alan and William and her father Frank. The picture was taken in 1974, shortly before Frank died.

Joanna Donnelly’s mother, Marie, gave her a gift before she died. It was 2021. Covid restrictions were in place, and her mother was due for surgery.

“I wasn’t allowed into the hospital, so we were in the car outside, chatting about my father,” says the meteorologist, author, and former RTÉ weather presenter.