FreeNow pulls sponsorship of Tommy Tiernan show after 'unacceptable' joke

 Tommy Tiernan pictured at the Pálás Cinema Galway screening of Tommy Tiernan's Epic West. Picture: Coalesce

Taxi company FreeNow has ended its sponsorship deal with RTÉ for The Tommy Tiernan Show in the wake of an offensive joke he made during a recent gig.

His fellow RTÉ presenter Emer O'Neill walked out of one of the comedian's Vicar Street shows after he made a joke that she described as racist and offensive.