Eamonn Holmes OBE is a Northern Irish broadcaster and former journalist. Holmes co-hosted GMTV for twelve years, from 1993 to 2005, before hosting Sky News Sunrise for eleven years, from 2005 to 2016.
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Holmes contributes a column to The People newspaper. His autobiography was published in May 2006.
The book is titled This is My Life, a reference to another famous Irish Eamonn, Eamonn Andrews, after whom he was named.
The book reveals some of what happened behind the scenes during his time at GMTV.
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“My four great brothers and I say farewell to our beautiful mum Josie for the last time this afternoon,” TV presenter Eamonn wrote on social media.
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“She’s finally reunited with her father. That is our only solace.
“We loved her and shall miss her very much,” the broadcaster added.
“Every time I went to see her, she would come to the door and bless me with holy water before waving farewell.
“Now, regretfully, it’s Goodbye Mummy x.”
In a 2019 interview with Best magazine, he said his late father Leonard referred to his mother as “The Queen,” and she was such a role model for him and his four brothers that he and his four brothers knew their partners, including his television co-host wife Ruth Langsford, would have a lot to live up to.
He stated: “Their responsibilities were clearly established. He worked and she managed the household. And what an excellent job she did!
“She established a nearly impossible standard for any of us males to measure our future brides against. Although money was tight, standards were bountiful.
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