Resumen de Ireland: : Comedian’s comments on religious figure did not violate broadcasting code
The executive complaints forum of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has rejected a complaint against the broadcaster TV3 that a comedian’s joke referring to Jesus was offensive and disrespectful to Christian beliefs. A complaint had been made over the December 2014 broadcast of the comedian Tommy Tiernan’s Crooked Man programme by TV3, when the comedian stated “On St Patrick’s Day, Jesus himself comes out of the desert, ‘mother of fuck… any chance of a pint is there. The Devil is driving me demented. Question after fucking question. Pint of Guinness please Seamus, thanks. What’s that? I’d love to judge the parade, I’d love to. I know fuck all about floats but I’ll give it a go”
