Comic Tommy laughing all the way to the bank

Comic Tommy Tiernan is one of the best paid entertainers in Ireland as the funnyman and his wife and manager Yvonne shared a pay pot of almost €500,000 last year.

The couple, who wed in 2009, have three children together.

Tiernan's firm Mabinog Ltd awarded the couple a 29 per cent pay increase in 2014 with their joint pay jumping by more than €125,000 from €373,399 to €497,252.

The company's cash pile dropped marginally from €271,462 to €253,032.

Accounts for Tiernan's main firm, Mabinog Ltd, show that it employs four, made up of the two Tiernans and two staff members with the staff costs last year totalling €551,011.

Accumulated profits at the firm last year reduced from €135,284 to €14,711.