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Eamonn Holmes (born 3 December 1959) is a journalist and broadcaster from Northern Ireland, best known for presenting Sky News, Songs of Praise and This Morning.
Holmes co-presented GMTV for twelve years between 1993 and 2005, before joining Sky News Sunrise in 2006, which he presents from Monday to Thursday with Isabel Webster. Since 2006, he has co-hosted This Morning with his wife Ruth Langsford on Fridays and during school holidays.
Holmes was educated at Holy Family Primary School in Belfast and St Malachy's College, a Roman Catholic grammar school for boys, on the Antrim Road in Belfast. He then studied journalism at the Dublin College of Business Studies.
Holmes worked for a Dublin-based business magazine before going into broadcasting.
In 1979, he joined Ulster Television, the ITV franchise contractor for Northern Ireland. Here Holmes hosted and reported on the station's Farming Ulster programme. Afterwards, Eamonn was teamed up with Ulster Television’s legendary sports reporters, Leslie Dawes (1922–2014) and Jackie Fullerton, to assist the extensive coverage of the important sporting events throughout the province.
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes' Very Best Moments on This Morning
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Ruth Langsford And Eamonn Holmes Open Up About Their Marriage | Loose Women
Eamonn Holmes Live From Rehab | This Morning
Eamonn Holmes in trouble with Ruth from comment on Celebrity Juice - This Morning 27/4/12
Eamonn Holmes Calls From Hospital Following Hip Operation | This Morning
Eamonn Holmes Wasn't Helpful When Ruth Gave Birth! | Loose Women
Coleen Nolan Says She Fancies Eamonn Holmes | Loose Women
Eamonn Says Goodbye Before His Op | This Morning
Eamonn Holmes says "retarded" then apologises - This Morning - 7th October 2011