John Irvine Biography
John Irvine is a British award-winning journalist working at ITV News based in Dubai, as the senior international correspondent. He has been part of ITV News Dubai bureau since 2010.
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John Irvine’s Age And Birthday
How old is John Irvine? Irvine appears to be in his late 50s around 59 years as of 2023. However, information about his exact date and year of birth is not known to the public. Therefore, making it is difficult to know when he celebrates his birthday and his zodiac sign.
John Irvine Height And Weight
John stands to be of a medium stature of 5 feet 8 inches equalling 1.73m. However, information about his actual weight body measurement is not known.
John Irvine Education
Irvine attended Campbell College. Afterward graduating, he enrolled at the College of Business Studies where he studied journalism, and later graduated in 1983.
John Irvine Family/ Parents And Siblings
Irvine was born and brought up in Belfast, Northern Ireland by his parents. He is the son of the late Dr. Ken (father) and Jackie Irvine (mother).
However, further information about his parents is not known to the public. Likewise, he has a sibling sister named Juliet. Although, further details about his sister are not publicized.
John Irvine’s Wife And Children
Irvine is married to his beautiful wife Libby who worked for BBC in the events management sector. Besides, the couple first met through Libby’s sister, Maria McCann. Moreover, details of when the couple exchanged vows are not known to the public, however, they have been married for more than two decades since they celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2017.
Furthermore, the beautiful couple is blessed with two children, a son named Peter and a daughter named Elizabeth. More so, the family resides in Dubai.
John Irvine ITV News
John has established his career as a journalist. After completing his studies, he served at The Tyrone Constitution located in Omagh. Later in 1987, he became a reporter working for Ulster Television (UTV) for a period of seven years. Afterward, he left UTV, he joined ITN in 1994 as a producer. Two years later, he was promoted to the position of principal Ireland Correspondent.
Moreover, in 2001, John shifted to the Middle East based in Jerusalem. During his time in the Middle East, he reported the Israeli Army’s occupation of Ramallah. Later, he shifted to Iraq, and at this point, his career as a journalist started to skyrocket. He was based in Baghdad covering nightly reports during the aerial bombardment.
Furthermore, his report and coverage of the invasion earned him the Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year award. In addition, he became ITV’s Asia Correspondent after moving to Bangkok and later became ITN’s Washington Correspondent. More so, he was the first ITN reporter to report about the Haiti earthquake from Port-au-Prince.
His contribution helped ITV win a BAFTA award for coverage of the disaster. Currently, Irvine is the senior international correspondent based in the ITV News Dubai bureau. Likewise, he covers stories around the globe.
John Irvine Salary
Irvine has an estimated annual salary of $ 106,349
John Irvine Net worth
Irvine has an estimated net worth of approximately $1 million to 5 million.
John Irvine Twitter
A colossus in our business @BillNeelyNBC is taking a bow. Well done. What a career. Multi-award winning, but even better than that. Thank you grandmaster Bill.
— John Irvine (@johnirvineitv) April 1, 2021