In 2004, Irwin was selected from hundreds of applicants along with co-presenter Jasmine Harman to present Channel 4's show A Place in the Sun – Home or Away, and has filmed over 200 episodes all around Britain
The programme is also broadcast daily on More4, Discovery Real Time and Discovery Travel & Living, as well as channels throughout Europe and the rest of the world, including New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. It has been documented that Irwin was visibly shaken by witnessing the manufacturing of harps in Escape to the Country
Irwin also presents episodes of BBC property shows Escape to the Country and To Buy or Not to Buy
In January 2011, Sky 1 broadcast Irwin's own show called Dorm Lives for Sale, which saw him help people leave their UK lives behind and buy a business
In late 2011 he started a new series The Renovation Game which aired on weekday mornings on Channel 4
Over the past ten years, Irwin has advised clients on business and property from small high street gift shops to multimillion pound corporate hotel packages. He still runs a property and business consultancy
Irwin writes a regular column for A Place in the Sun magazine as well as a twice monthly column for Monarch Airlines
He appears at A Place in the Sun Live giving presentations on hip hop tips for buying property abroad
As his surname would suggest, Irwin is of Irish descent
Sports - He is a keen sportsman, he played rugby for Lutterworth RFC and then for Rugby Lions RFC, until an accident in a sevens tournament where he broke his back and subsequently retired.