Tommy Tiernan still one of the best-paid entertainers in Ireland

New figures show Tommy Tiernan is still one of the best-paid entertainers in Ireland, with the comedian and wife and manager Yvonne sharing pay of €500,000 last year.

According to accounts recently filed by Tiernan’s company, Mabinog Ltd, the couple gave themselves a 29% pay increase in 2014, with their joint pay jumping from €373,399 to €497,252.

The new figures show that the hike in pay for the award-winning comedian did not have a large impact on the company’s cash pile, which decreased marginally from €271,462 to €253,032.

The Galway based comedian previously claimed that he is not very wealthy, but new accounts show that combined accumulated profits at his two firms last year totalled €446,089.

Accounts for his main firm, Mabinog, show it employs four people, the two Tiernans and two staff, with the staff costs last year totalling €551,011.

Accumulated profits at the firm last year reduced from €135,284 to €14,711.

Accumulated profits at Tiernan’s Mabinog Publishing Ltd, meanwhile, totalled €431,378 last year.

Mr Tiernan has previously said: “I’m not a very wealthy person. I would have earned phenomenal money and it’s all gone. Genuinely, if I stopped working I would probably last about two months.”

The 46-year-old comedian, a father of six, added: “I think part of me doesn’t respect money, even though the heat is on in terms of bills to be paid every month.”

The Meath native is currently busy adding to his firms’ coffers with his ‘Out on the Whirlwind’ tour in the UK before returning to Ireland next month.

The tour will take Mr Tiernan to Australia in April of next year.

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Tiernan has long been one of Ireland’s most popular, and controversial, comedians and he is able to generate revenues with sell-out gigs at Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, while his brand of comedy will take him to Estonia and Finland this coming weekend.

Tiernan, who spent five to six years on the dole in Galway before earning a living from comedy, has said previously: “I didn’t get into stand-up for the money. I never thought I would earn a living from stand-up.”

On his love of being a stand-up, Tiernan said: “I think it is a great job. I love it. Getting up in front of people and making them laugh, it’s stunning.”