He has pulled the joke from his routine
Emer O'Neill has revealed that Tommy Tiernan has apologised to her after an offensive joke he told at a gig earlier this month.
"I’m sorry that you came along hoping for a good night out and then got shocked and upset by something that I said. If you wish to speak with me about it, please send me your phone number. You were right to call it out as offensive and I will do my level best to make sure that something like this never happens again. Yours, Tommy Tiernan.""So he rang me," she said. "He seemed very genuine in his words.
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