Pavee Point has called on venues to reconsider hosting Jimmy Carr for his upcoming Irish tour, in the wake of a racist joke regarding gypsies.
In his Netflix special, he began a joke with "When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of six million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine."
"But they never mention the thousands of gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.
"No one ever talks about that because no one wants to talk about the positives."
Co-Director of Pavee Point Martin Collins has described the comments as racist and warns they promote prejudice and glorify genocide.
He says cancelling the shows would show "a clear message of zero tolerance".
Martin Collins added he says he doesn't want Mr Carr's career to end over the controversy but described him as a "blatant racist".
Jimmy Carr has defended the joke describing it as funny, edgy and educational.
