Archbishop calls Tiernan Holocaust jokes ‘offensive’ and ‘insensitive’

COMEDIAN Tommy Tiernan has been denounced from the pulpit by the Archbishop of Dublin for jokes about the Jewish Holocaust.

“This is not the first time that something like this has happened and it probably won’t be the last. However, as a public performer I can only hope that whatever wild, irresponsible and reckless things that come into my head will be taken in the context in which they were said,” the Navan man declared on his website.

Tiernan has been drawing heat from many quarters since taking part in an Electric Picnic public interview some weeks ago when he blamed the Jews for the death of Christ.