“You can die from it.” Dermot Bannon has revealed that he suffered a pulmonary embolism last month. The Room to Improve host said he was ‘in agony’ and put the pain down to potentially breaking a rib. Speaking to Ray D’Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1 this week, Bannon said that he started feeling unwell while […]

1 year ago

“Dermot Bannon could learn a thing or two from these two.” A new season of home improvement show The Great House Revival has dropped on RTÉ and its latest episode has viewers questioning the budgets in Room to Improve. The series sees architect Hugh Wallace travel across Ireland to help homeowners restore and transform their […]

2 years ago

The grant was heavily promoted on the most recent season of the show. Producers of RTÉ show Room To Improve have apologised after failing to tell the national broadcaster about their dealings with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien’s officials over promoting a government grant scheme on the show. The company behind the show, COCO Productions, issued […]

2 years ago

“That’s got to be a record!” Room to Improve viewers were in complete shock at last night’s episode after the final cost was revealed on the RTÉ show. Sunday night’s episode was the last in the series and it certainly went out with a bang in terms of the budget. Dermot Bannon visited Dubliner Ann […]

2 years ago

“It’s the most frustrating thing about the show.” Room to Improve viewers all had similar complaints towards host Dermot Bannon after the most recent episode aired on RTÉ on Sunday evening. In the third episode of the series, Dermot and co-host Claire Irwin met Sandra and Daniel Davey in Knocklyon, Dublin, who were looking to […]

2 years ago

Fans of the show said it was “handled with great sensitivity.” Sometimes emotion can come from the strangest of places and it was surely not on anybody’s mind to be shedding a tear when they sat down to watch last night’s episode of Room to Improve. Headed up by Dermot Bannon, the episode focused on […]

2 years ago