{"id":227021,"date":"2026-01-04T14:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/227021\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:54:08","slug":"big-love-from-viewers-for-tommy-tiernans-first-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/227021\/","title":{"rendered":"Big love from viewers for Tommy Tiernan’s first guest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tommy Tiernan’s hit show is back<\/a> on RT\u00c9, and certainly hit the ground running as he interviewed a Dublin woman who is not only a human rights lawyer but who also worked on extremely high-profile cases, alongside George Clooney’s<\/a> wife, Amal.<\/p>\n

Caoilfhionn Gallagher wowed viewers as she explained the world-famous cases she has been involved with over the years, even breaking down at one point as she recounted the threats her family received as a result. <\/p>\n

Several fans even took to social media to hail the interview as ‘the best ever’ conducted by Tommy. Not a bad compliment! <\/p>\n

\"CaoilfhionnCaoilfhionn Gallagher chats with Tommy Tiernan. Pic: Tommy Tiernan\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Caoilfhionn, who hails from Portmarnock, has represented survivors of the Hillsborough disaster, women’s rights campaigners in the Middle East, and even took on the case of Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai.<\/p>\n

She broke down on the show, explaining how officials made serious threats to her life, claiming that they would kill her and her children. <\/p>\n

\"TommyTommy Tiernan. Pic: RT\u00c9 <\/p>\n

The lawyer also opened up about working very closely with Amal Clooney, who has become a close pal. The ladies are co-leaders of the international\u00a0legal\u00a0team\u00a0acting\u00a0for\u00a0Rappler\u00a0founder\u00a0Maria\u00a0Ressa.<\/p>\n

Caoilfhionn explained that George is around so often she no longer sees him as a Hollywood star, but as ‘my friend’s husband.’<\/p>\n

\"NEWAmal Clooney and George Clooney. Pic: Aeon\/GC Images<\/p>\n

She spoke about the work Ireland does in such high-profile cases, telling Tommy: ‘For many years, I’ve got clients out of Iran, or out of China, or out of Equatorial Guinea. And I always hate when people sound defeatist, you know, and think so the enemy is too big and you can’t do it.’<\/p>\n

‘We’ve had very good support from Irish politicians on the Jimmy Lai case, I’m pleased to say, and it’s really important that Ireland speaks up because I see all the time how well respected Ireland is internationally whenever I’m at the United Nations,<\/p>\n

‘Ireland’s diplomats are very well respected, and it’s really important that we use our voice because we have a powerful voice internationally, and we need to use it, and we need to shout from the rooftops about these disgraceful cases.’<\/p>\n

Fans of the show couldn’t get enough of the interview, with one person saying: ‘These are the Irish people I want to know and learn about rather than celebrities or such. These people are grafting and making a difference for people all over the world. Actual heroes and inspiring to the next generation,’<\/p>\n

‘Really interesting, engaging interview. Incredibly strong woman doing powerful work !’ A second person wrote, while another said, ‘A fantastic conversation with a powerhouse.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Tiernan’s hit show is back on RT\u00c9, and certainly hit the ground running as he interviewed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-227021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}