Eamonn Holmes brands NI football star as ‘ultimate hero' in new podcast episode
NI presenter Eamonn Holmes has hailed the late George Best as his 'ultimate hero' in the latest episode of his podcast.
In Things We Like, which he co-hosts with fellow GB News figure Paul Coyte, Holmes also revealed how he was used as 'bait' for Best's episode of This is Your Life.
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