{"id":89,"date":"2025-05-14T18:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/?p=89"},"modified":"2025-05-27T22:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T21:44:57","slug":"eamon-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/2025\/05\/14\/eamon-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Eamon Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?resize=1536%2C863&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?resize=1110%2C624&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?resize=528%2C297&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-17.59.37.png?w=1669&amp;ssl=1 1669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>In this candid and compelling interview, veteran broadcaster Eamonn Holmes recounts his early days at UTV, where a chance opportunity as a farming reporter launched his legendary career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a chaotic studio punch-up that landed him a presenting role to navigating newsroom rivalries and covering the Troubles, Holmes reflects on the fast-paced, defining years that shaped his broadcasting identity. With humour, humility, and gratitude, he shares how UTV\u2019s tight-knit, underdog culture instilled the skills and drive that sustained his decades-long success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Holmes, UTV wasn\u2019t just a job\u2014it was home, and the foundation of a lifelong broadcasting journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-40164793-d161-489c-83bc-a49f4cd98c49\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/HOLMES-TRANSCRIPT-2.docx\">HOLMES TRANSCRIPT 2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/HOLMES-TRANSCRIPT-2.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-40164793-d161-489c-83bc-a49f4cd98c49\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eamon Holmes Interview - Media Voices NI\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ve4cZ78CiJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this candid and compelling interview, veteran broadcaster Eamonn Holmes recounts his days at UTV between 1979-1986, where a chance opportunity as a farming reporter launched his legendary career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-utv70","7":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mediavoicesni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}