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Call for Jimmy Carr to be stripped of Limerick honour over 'insults'
The Limerick father of controversial comedian Jimmy Carr has called on the Mayor of Limerick, and Limerick City and County Council, to strip his son of an honour bestowed on him in 2013 unless they receive "a sincere public apology".
Áine Fitzgerald, Limerick Leader, 27th May 2022Brit comics join Just For Laugh's 40th anniversary festival
James Acaster, Tom Allen, Fern Brady, Nish Kumar, Phil Wang and Sindhu Vee will be representing the UK at this year's Just For Laughs festival in Montreal.
Chortle, 25th May 2022Jimmy Carr has audience member thrown out for calling him a 'c**t'
Jimmy Carr allegedly had an audience member thrown out for calling him a "c**t" during one of his stand-up sets.
Kieran Galpin, JOE, 7th May 2022Mark Drakeford condemns 'abhorrent' Jimmy Carr joke
The Welsh First Minister has condemned as "abhorrent" a joke made by Jimmy Carr as the comedian prepares to perform in Cardiff next Monday.
Nation Cymru, 22nd March 2022Jimmy Carr show I Literally Just Told You to return for Series 2
I Literally Just Told You, the comic game show hosted by Jimmy Carr, is to return to Channel 4 for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 9th March 2022Katherine Ryan divides fans after defending Jimmy Carr
"I think it's important we protect that genre even if people get offended by it," she said.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 6th March 2022Hannah Gadsby: Vladimir Putin and Jimmy Carr are 'interchangeable'
Appearing on The Last Leg, the Australian comic said: "I think at the moment Vladimir Putin and Jimmy Carr are interchangeable. They both hate minorities, they don't like contributing to the public purse, and they see the same plastic surgeon."
Rachael O'Connor, Metro, 4th March 2022Sheffield MP calls for Jimmy Carr to be banned from performing at City Hall
MP for Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield, has called on Sheffield City Hall to reconsider its booking of comedian Jimmy Carr after his joke about the Holocaust sparked outrage. Mr Blomfield was one of 100 MPs who signed a letter to Netflix demanding the Holocaust comment be removed from Carr's TV show His Dark Materials.
ITV, 25th February 2022MP: Netflix should say Carr joke 'not acceptable'
The Conservative chair of the Commons Education Committee has condemned comedian Jimmy Carr's comments about the Holocaust as "unacceptable". Robert Halfon, a Jewish MP, said had the routine, making light of the murders of hundreds of thousands of people from Traveller communities during World War Two, been made about Jews there would have been "uproar".
BBC, 22nd February 2022Jack Dee hits out at comedy cancel culture, defends Jimmy Carr
Jack Dee has let his feelings about comedy censorship known as he defended fellow comic Jimmy Carr against the backlash from controversial jokes in his latest stand-up special.
Lucas Hill-Paul, The Daily Express, 21st February 2022