His first job at the end of the course was with the Evening Herald in Dublin.
The paper started in 1865 as The Evening Herald.
He has also written for the Evening Herald.
The Evening Herald became the usual sponsor of the race in 2000.
The Evening Herald has described him as "one of the country's more unusual forecasters".
He also served as editor of the Evening Herald for several years prior to this.
In 1977 he was made editor of the Evening Herald.
He used to work for the Evening Herald.
Hall subsequently worked with the Evening Herald where he wrote a column on dance bands.
This lasted for six seasons before the club linked up with local newspaper the Evening Herald.