Bernard Phelan, 64, is originally from Clonmel, County Tipperary, but grew up in Blackrock, County Dublin. Speaking on RTE's Morning Ireland, Ms Massé-Phelan said: "We have appreciated all of the help that the Irish government has given us, but they need to push this further. "We would say how can we normalise any communication with Iran while they have locked up an innocent Irish citizen in one of their prisons