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The new series of Room To Improve has made one thing clear: it’s Dermot Bannon’s world, and we’re all just living in it

Dermot Bannon: Irish architecture’s answer to The Hoff?

I have a dream where Dermot Bannon renovates my house. It makes sense that I would have such a dream – not just because Bannon’s Room to Improve is among the most successful programmes on Irish television at the moment – but also because I’m in the middle of supposedly getting my own house renovated.

I say ‘supposedly’ because I am probably the worst client for this in the world, having managed to ...