Tommy Tiernan’s chat show and hit podcast saw him share a €1.18million pay packet with his wife last year.
New accounts from Mabinog Ltd show income for the comedian and co-director Yvonne Tiernan rocketed from €54,740.
That dividend coincided with a successful run of the Tommy Tiernan Show on RTE and the podcast he co-hosts with Hector O hEochagain and Laurita Blewitt which has generated over 20 million listens. Mabinog Ltd’s accounts show cash reserves almost tripled from €635,927 to €1.64million last year.
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The directors’ payout to the Tiernans contributed to profits for the year more than halving from €123,812 to €56,503. At the end of last December, the company had an accumulated loss of €39,430.
Numbers employed by the business increased by one to five made up of two directors and three staff and Tiernan is currently adding to the coffers of the firm with a series of Tomfoolery tour dates here including Live at the Marquee dates in Cork next month.
The Tommy Tiernan show, lauded for its unrehearsed format, completed a 12-week run in March with guests including former soccer star Roy Keane, news quiz host Dara O Briain and actor Denise Gough.
Separate accounts lodged by connected firm, Mabinog Publishing Ltd show the company recorded post tax profits of €124,747 last year, following profits of €105,567 in 2021.
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