Taxi company FreeNow have pulled out of a sponsorship deal with RTE after Tommy Tiernan told a controversial joke about taxi drivers.
The comedian told the joke at a recent Vicar Street gig, which was attended by RTE presenter Emer O'Neill. She was so upset after hearing it, she ended up walking out of the gig with her friends.
The joke, which was about taxi drivers at Dublin Zoo, has now prompted FreeNow to now pull its six-figure sponsorship of The Tommy Tiernan Show, the Irish Independent reports.
