[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.
A year later, Bannon began to work on RTE's Room to Improve,[3] with the latest season airing in 2023.
[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.
[7] Bannon is also a "brand ambassador" for Volvo, a deal arranged by Noel Kelly of NK Management.
[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.