Eamonn Holmes‘ relationship with his girlfriend Katie Alexander is heating up as he plans to purchase a plush new pad for them in Holywood, Northern Ireland.

The TV presenter, 66, split from his former This Morning co-star Ruth Langsford, 65, in June 2024 after 27 years together and 14 of which they were married.

Eamonn quickly moved on to date relationship counsellor Katie, 44, who is 22 years his junior.

And according to new reports, Eamonn has splashed the cash on a new property for them to enjoy cosy weekends away together.

‘Eamonn loves going back to Northern Ireland visiting family and he’s been after a new place there for a while’, a source said.

‘It will be the perfect place to build a home with Katie, with no memories of anyone else. They can use it for weekend retreats.

Eamonn Holmes’ relationship with his girlfriend Katie Alexander is heating up as he plans to purchase a plush new pad for them in Holywood, Northern Ireland

And according to new reports, Eamonn has splashed the cash on a new property for them to enjoy cosy weekends away together

‘This development is perfect as houses can be custom-built for wheelchair users’, The Sun reported.

Daily Mail has contacted Eamonn’s representatives for comment.

Eamonn and Ruth have largely avoided speaking about each other following their split.

Just this week, Ruth teased the exciting release of her tell-all memoir amid her divorce.

The TV presenter is preparing to share ‘the ups, the downs and the lessons that have shaped her’ in her upcoming book, Ruth Langsford Feeling Fabulous.

Ruth revealed she plans to speak about her ‘experiences’ in her new memoir, which releases February 26.

She wrote on Instagram on Friday: ‘NOT LONG NOW… Can’t believe that 2026 is the year I publish my first book! I’m very excited but also a little nervous…

‘These are stories about my life, the ups and the downs, the good and the not so good but everything that has made me the woman I am today.

‘I share the experiences that have shaped me and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. Publication day is 26th February but you can pre order a copy now (and a limited number of signed copies are available too).

Ruth and Eamonn, who had been together for 27 years but married for 14, ended their relationship in June 2024 (pictured together in 2018)

Just this week, Ruth teased the exciting release of her tell-all memoir amid her divorce

‘Click the link in my bio or check out my stories to get your copy. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it x’

Loose Women star Ruth has remained single and recently revealed she has been seeing a therapist since their marriage breakdown.

She told woman&home: ‘I started counselling when Eamonn and I separated, and I’m still having it. It is very powerful and very useful. It gives me tools to deal with things.

‘My counsellor has probably seen us on TV, but she doesn’t know either of us so doesn’t get involved and doesn’t judge. She just listens and says, ‘Have you thought about this?’ or ‘Why did you feel like that?’

‘I think I know myself very well, so it has just been calming. It makes me question how I’m feeling. When my sister died, friends suggested counselling and I said, ‘I don’t [want] just [for someone] to tell me that I’m really sad,’ and I still feel like that.

‘The end of a very long relationship takes a lot of unravelling. Counselling helps you move on from it, to not be held back.’

Ruth is also not ruling out finding love again, sharing: ‘I definitely see light in the future where I didn’t before.

‘Before, I saw darkness and was thinking, ‘Oh my God, what’s going to happen?’ but now the fear [has] gone, because what do you do? Do you crumble? Do you lay down and die? Oh no, not I. I will survive.’

The TV presenter is preparing to share ‘the ups, the downs and the lessons that have shaped her’ in her upcoming book, Ruth Langsford Feeling Fabulous

Some close to Ruth say that she was fed up with caring for Eamonn following his hip operation but it later emerged that he was in a relationship with Katie – who he had met several years before.

There is no suggestion that Eamonn cheated on Ruth, who appeared as anchors on ITV’s This Morning for a decade before they were axed in 2021.

They are yet to officially divorce and are currently at war over their money, with Ruth apparently upset that they will have to sell the marital home.

Meanwhile, Eamonn says he has been ‘ruined’ by HMRC after he became embroiled in a row with them over whether he was self-employed freelancer or a ‘disguised employee’ of ITV when presenting This Morning between 2011 and 2015.