Eamonn Holmes

Eamonn Holmes
Holmes in 2013
Born (1959-12-03) 3 December 1959 (age 64)
Belfast, Northern Ireland[1]
Occupations
  • Broadcaster
  • journalist
Years active1979–present
Employer(s)ITV (former)
Channel 5 (former)
GB News
Spouses
Gabrielle Holmes
(m. 1985; div. 2005)
(m. 2010; sep. 2024)
Children4

Eamonn Holmes OBE (/ˈmən/; born 3 December 1959)[2] is a Northern Irish[3] broadcaster and journalist. He co-presented the breakfast television show GMTV (1993–2005) for ITV, before presenting Sunrise (2005–2016) for Sky News. Holmes co-presented ITV's This Morning (2006–2021) with his wife Ruth Langsford on Fridays and during the school holidays. In January 2022, he joined GB News to present its breakfast programme alongside Isabel Webster. He has also presented How the Other Half Lives (2015–2019) and It's Not Me, It's You (2016) for Channel 5.

Holmes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting in the 2018 New Year Honours. He is an advocate of numerous charities and causes, including Dogs Trust, Variety GB and Northern Ireland Kidney Patients' Association.

  1. ^ "Eamonn Holmes says wife Ruth 'trying to fatten me up so nobody else wants me'". The Irish News. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. ^ Holmes receives honorary degree Archived 31 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 4 July 2006
  3. ^ "NI Connections interview with Eamonn Holmes". Youtube. NI Connections. Retrieved 10 January 2022.