Dermot Bannon

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Dermot Bannon
Born (1972-05-02) 2 May 1972 (age 52)
Malahide, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Alma materHull School of Architecture
OccupationArchitect
Spouse
Louise Bannon
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(m. 2002)​
Children3
PracticeDermot Bannon Architects
Projects Room to Improve
Website dermotbannonarchitects.com

Dermot Bannon (born 2 May 1972) is an Irish architect and television presenter best known for being the host of the Room to Improve television series.

Early life

Dermot Bannon was born in the Malahide suburb of Dublin, Ireland on 2 May 1972. [1] When he was around seven or eight years of age, Bannon and his family emigrated to Egypt as his father had taken a job in Cairo before subsequently returning to Ireland after a number of months of residing there.[ citation needed ]

When he was 18, he began studying in Hull School of Architecture in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. [2] Upon graduating, Bannon returned to Dublin and joined the Moloney O'Beirne Architects. In 2006, he had noticed an advertisement for a presenter for a new television series called House Hunters.

A year later, Bannon began to work on RTE's Room to Improve, [3] with the latest season airing in 2023. [4] A follow-up show, Room to Improve: Constructive Criticism was also aired in 2022. [5] A new series, Dermot Bannon's Incredible Homes, was cut short in 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic, and resumed airing in April 2022.[ citation needed ]

Bannon's father died in 2007 before Room to Improve had aired. In 2015, he released a book called Love Your Home. [6]

Bannon is a client of self-styled "agent to the stars" Noel Kelly of NK Management. [7] Bannon is also a "brand ambassador" for Volvo, a deal arranged by Noel Kelly of NK Management. As part of this deal with Volvo, Bannon promoted a plug-in hybrid SUV worth more than €95,000 in 2021. [8] Bannon is also a "brand ambassador" for County Meath-based company WillowWarm, which produces briquettes, a type of compressed willow mulch used for fuel. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Telford, Thomas (21 May 2021). "RTE Dermot Bannon's personal life in beautiful Dublin home with wife and 3 kids". DublinLive. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-examiner-weekend/20171202/282222306081341 . Retrieved 24 February 2022– via PressReader.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Dermot Bannon: 'At school, nobody ever saw me as a serious contender for a boyfriend. I wasn't popular and I was quite overweight'". independent. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Pat (20 February 2022). "TV review: Room to Improve — the prices have gone crazy, but the show's improved". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "If you're part of the cult of Dermot Bannon, you'll enjoy this". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Love Your Home by Dermot Bannon – Bringing the Outside In". Gill Books. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Deegan, Gordon (31 January 2023). "Agent to the stars Noel Kelly sees profits more than double in 2022: Accumulated profits at NK Management — whose clients include Ryan Tubridy, Pat Kenny, Dermot Bannon and Claire Byrne — push past €900,000". The Irish Times . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Coyne, Ellen (1 July 2023). "Deals on wheels: The RTÉ stars driving cars worth up to €70,000 thanks to lucrative brand tie-ups". Irish Independent . Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "WillowWarm Briquettes welcomes Dermot Bannon as Brand Ambassador".
  10. ↑ "DERMOT BANNON – BRAND AMBASSADOR for Willowwarm Briquettes". 15 February 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.


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