Hot Press Legends Series: Jason O'Toole Goes One-On-One with Tommy Tiernan

Tommy Tiernan is on the cover of the new Hot Press!

Finbar Furey, John Connors, George Best, Bantum, Gypsies On The Autobahn & the Lego Batman Movie also feature this fortnight...

Tommy Tiernan to Launch 6-part TV Series

Starting on January 5, the new 6-part series will take the form of a chat show and will be broadcast on RTE One.

Castlepalooza unveil comedy line-up and more new additions

Tommy Tiernan leads the chucklesome charge, while Minor Victories and Cut Chemist are among the impressive music announcements

Tommy Tiernan for 2fm

The comic will host a four-part series each Saturday in July.

Update: Tommy Tiernan adds extra Vicar St shows

The Meath madman storms Dublin in January.

Tommy Tiernan for Whelan’s next month

His new Open Mouth An Improvisation is part of the Dublin venue’s25th Anniversary celebrations.

Tommy Tiernan’s World Tour of Kerry

Tommy Tiernan is back, and more energetic than ever.

Tommy Tiernan headlines New York Barretstown benefit

Having run numerous successful gigs in Dublin, the Barretstown posse have a fundraising night on February 22 in the Marlin Room at Webster Hall in New York. Doing it for the kids in the most literal sense are Tommy Tiernan, The Stunning, Mundy and Paddy Casey.

Tommy Tiernan announces 'World Tour of Meath'

Motormouth comedian set to hit the road in March...

Tommy Tiernan and more for Comedy Cellar birthday bash

The Comedy Cellar celebrates its 25th birthday with a 25 funnyperson blowout on September 13 in Vicar St., Dublin.

Final dates for Tommy Tiernan's World Tours

With an energy that is infectious, Navan funny man, Tommy Tiernan is the master of stand-up comedy.

Tommy Tiernan for Vicar St

The comedy giant is back with a brand new show planned for early 2013.

Extra dates announced for Tommy Tiernan POOT

The comedian adds to his April Vicar St. run.

Keeping His Cooley

This fortnight, Tommy Tiernan embarks on an unusual trip…

Tommy Tiernan On Tour

New December dates have been added due to phenomenal demand.

Leaving his Marq

This fortnight, Navan comic Tommy Tiernan will bid adieu to the summer in a one-off Cork marquee show.

Navan a laugh

This fortnight sees Navan funnyman Tommy Tiernan hit Dublin, Derry and Armagh as part of his ongoing Irish tour.

Extra dates added to Tommy Tiernan's Vicar St run

Due to demand, the comedian has added nine more dates in January

Tommy Tiernan adds more Vicar Street dates

Due to phenomenal demand, Crooked Man will run well into January

Tommy Tiernan announced as support for Michael McIntyre

It's a comedy overload as the Irish comedian joins McIntyre for his upcoming August 19 show

Tommy Tiernan Set For Vicar Street

Controversial comedian will hit the stage for ten nights

Tommy Tiernan's 'World Tour of Limerick'

The comedian has announced his grand tour plans for January 2010.

Tommy Tiernan - World Tour of Donegal

The controversial comic announces a December 'World tour' of the county!

Tommy Tiernan Dropped From Laughs Canadian Tour

Tommy Tiernan has been dropped from the 'Just for Laughs' Canadian Comedy Tour, which kicks off on October 19.

A statement from Tommy Tiernan concerning accusations of anti-Semitism

Firstly, I would like to say that as a private individual I am greatly upset by the thought that these comments have caused hurt to others as this was never my intention; yet, the Electric Picnic public interview with Hot Press Magazine has been taken so far out of context that I am quite bewildered.

Tommy Tiernan responds to accusations of Anti-Semitism

Tommy Tiernan has issued a statement in response to accusations of anti-semitism, which have been levelled at him following his appearance at the Hot Press Chat Room at Electric Picnic.

Storm erupts over Tommy Tiernan's Hot Press Chatroom interview

The comedian's comments about the Holocaust came in for strong criticism over the weekend.

Tommy Tiernan plans comedy marathon

Tommy Tiernan goes Testamental this Easter with a 36-hour comedy show.

Tommy Tiernan for HMV signing

HMV will invite Tommy Tiernan to its Grafton Street store this Friday to sign copies of his new DVD Bovinity Live at the Marquee Cork.

Tommy Tiernan goes west

Comedian Tommy Tiernan has announced a brace of dates in Mayo next February.

Tommy Tiernan announces Dublin dates

Comedy stopped being the new rock ‘n’ roll a while back, but there are few Irish bands that can match Tommy Tiernan for pulling power.

Tommy dearest

He’s been busily wooing the US (squeezing in a Letterman appearance while he’s at it). Now, he's preparing to unleash a new show on Irish audiences.

Smithwick's Cat Laughs: no moggy does it better

As cats all over Ireland prepare to have their fancies tickled, Jackie Hayden reflects on the comedic talents of one of the star turns at this year’s Smithwick’s Cat Laughs Festival, Tommy Tiernan.

Tommy Tiernan signs up for radio show

Tommy Tiernan and former classmate Hector Ó hEochagáin are gearing up to present a radio show together on a new station.

Outside it's America

In Ireland, he’s the biggest name in comedy – a superstar who can pack them into live shows and shift DVDs by the jumboload. But having conquered his homeland, Tommy Tiernan faced the question: where to from here? The answer was America, the Holy Grail for anyone in the entertainment business. The story of his battle to win hearts and minds is captured in Jokerman – Tommy Tiernan Takes On America, a documentary series that is about to hit the screens on RTE. But first, there’s the important matter of a Hot Press interview to attend to.

Hoot Press 2005: Golden Giggle Awards

Annual article: Dermot Carmody celebrates the endless supply of creativity in the world of Irish comedy.

Tiernan grabs number 1 slot on video/DVD charts

Irish comedy is a winner this Christmas, with the local DVD and video market exploding in a way that few industry insiders had predicted. And Tommy Tiernan is the king of the scene, grabbing the No.1 spot in the latest Irish charts, in the face of the most intense competition seen in this country yet.

Tommy Tiernan, Shane McGowan, Eamonn McCann and others commemorate Allen Ginsberg

On the 50th anniversary of the first reading of his epic poem Howl, a host of celebrities such as Shane McGowan, Tommy Tiernan, Theo Dorgan, Eamonn McCann, Tony Curtis, Dermod Moore and BP Fallon will commemorate the work of the legendary Beat artist, Allen Ginsberg.

Loose in America

Having conquered Ireland, Tommy Tiernan has set his sights on the US.

Video interview: Tommy Tiernan

Tommy Tiernan interviewed at Electric Picnic.

Stand Up! Against Racism comedy night announced

Le Chéile Artists In Ireland Against Racism are presenting a comedy extravaganza called Stand Up! Against Racism, at Vicar Street on Friday July 29.

The Golden Giggle Awards 2004

After an undoubtedly slack 2003, 2004 was the year in which TV comedy once again came into its own. In addition to to further series from Monkey Dust, Peep Show, Little Britain, 15 Storeys High and Curb Your Enthusiasm, there were also excellent new shows in the shape of The Smoking Room, The Mighty Boosh, Nighty Night and Catterick. In particular, the forum for alternative humour provided by BBC3 and BBC4 continued to provide an invaluable creative outlet for the oddballs, misfits and mavericks of British comedy.

Locked in the arms of a cracked life

There’s no drink or drugs for Tommy Tiernan these days, but you couldn’t say his life is uneventful. In conversation with Olaf Tyaransen, the comedian reflects on tabloid interest in his private life, the night he had to get away from Jordan, the future for post-Catholic Ireland and the genius of Flann O’Brien and James Joyce. All this plus the unveiling of the secret tattoo. Photography by Mick Quinn.

The sinner to Tommy's saint

Gerry Mallon on touring with Tommy Tiernan, and the best of the rest in Irish comedy.

Tommy Tiernan – basted not wasted

Comedian and all-round-nice-bloke Tommy Tiernan is back with a new show on RTE, a live video/DVD for Christmas and a series of brand new live concert shows around the country this autumn. We invited him to submit to the inquisition that is the hotpress.com mixed grill and he was only too happy to be hauled over the charcoal

Do it for the laugh...

Ask standup comic, Perrier-award-winner, Late Late show audience-botherer and original Navan man Tommy Tiernan your questions in the Hot Press Mixed Grill

Tommy Boy!

Tommy Tiernan's latest concert tour contains tales of masturbation, marathon running and marauding donkeys. Stephen Robinson visits the land of Tiernan Og