Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Martin O'Neill on football career and managing Ireland

Martin O'Neill denies treating Ireland job as 'well-paid jolly-up' on TV

Former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill was a guest on Saturday's edition of the Tommy Tiernan Show, where he was asked about his time in charge of the Republic of Ireland

Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Martin O'Neill on football career and managing Ireland

Tiernan’s guests on Saturday night included former football manager Martin O’Neill, astronomer and astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell and singer Marti Pellow.

Martin O'Neill denies seeing Ireland job as 'well-paid jolly-up' in interview

Viewers of the Tommy Tiernan Show on RTE praised the former Ireland manager for his candid interview, during which he reflected on his time in charge of the national team

OTD: MARTIN O'NEILL SACKED

On this day in 2013, Martin O'Neill was sacked as Sunderland manager. He supported us as a boy, his hero being SAFC legend Charlie Hurley, but also had an affinity for Celtic.In his youth he was not only a talented footballer, but also a keen Gaelic footballer but any hope of continuing both is impossible as the Gaelic footballing body discourages participation in ‘foreign sports’. O’Neill had a relatively easy choice between the two, despite pl…

Tommy Tiernan declares 'there's a film' in guest's story

Tommy Tiernan always has a pretty diverse set of guests sitting across from him on Saturday nights, but not many of them can say that they could have received a Nobel Prize. That was until Jocelyn Bell Burnell made an appearance. The astrophysicist discovered pulsars, which are pulsating stars. The discovery happened by mistake, while Jocelyn was carrying out research for her thesis while studying at Cambridge, where there were 'very few women a…

Martin O'Neill praised as 'class act' after chat with Tommy Tiernan

Former Republic of Ireland football manager and midfielder Martin O’Neill has received high praise following his ‘great interview’ on Saturday’s Tommy Tiernan Show. The 73-year-old spoke about everything from growing up in Derry to getting his big break as a player with Nottingham Forest and later landing Republic of Ireland gig. On the show, Martin shared that it was ‘an absolute privilege’ to manage the Republic of Ireland team, which he did f…