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Should Jimmy Carr’s Irish shows be cancelled after Holocaust joke controversy?

Pavee Point, the Traveller, and Roma representative organisation, has called on venues to reconsi...

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08.03 15 Feb 2022


Should Jimmy Carr’s Irish shows be cancelled after Holocaust joke controversy?


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08.03 15 Feb 2022


Pavee Point, the Traveller, and Roma representative organisation, has called on venues to reconsider hosting Jimmy Carr for his upcoming Irish tour, after the comedian’s joke on Netflix about the murder of “Gypsies” during the Holocaust. For the latest on this story Shane spoke to Martin Collins is the Co-director of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre.

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