Eamonn, who first shared the picture on his Instagram page last month, said: “I felt very emotional when I received the picture. It’s quite overwhelming to see my mum two years after she passed. It’s a beautiful picture which I will treasure.
” His mum, Josie, passed away aged 93 back in 2022. Unfortunately, the Belfast born TV presenter was unable to attend the funeral due to health reasons. Artist and psychotherapist Annis Booker, who is originally from Durham but is now based in London, said it was a “pleasure” to present Eamonn with the painting.
She said: “It was a true pleasure to paint Eamonn for a picture that features his late mother.” Hundreds of Eamonn's fans left comments after he posted the image on Instagram. One wrote: "Wow, what a touching and sentimental piece to treasure.
I'm sure your lovely mum would have loved this very much. I hope you find a special place to put it at home." Another said: "There's no love like a mother's - especially an 'Irish Mammy'.
While one fan touchingly said: "That's so lovely. Your mum always has your back." When his mother passed away, Eamonn said that she was “at last reunited with daddy now.
That is our only consolation.” "We loved and will miss her so much,” added the broadcaster. "Every time I visited her, she came to the door to bless me with holy water and wave goodbye.
"Now sadly it really is Goodbye Mummy x.” Writing in Best magazine back in 2019, Eamonn said his late father Leonard called his mum .