Former Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper Shay Given has apologised for comments in which used the phrase "an absolute Holocaust" to describe Wilfried Nancy's time in charge of Celtic.
Speaking on BBC's Final Score show, Given was reflecting on Nancy's short stint at Celtic in which he lost six out of eight games before being sacked.
Given said: "Nancy was terrible from start to finish. I don't think they should have ended Martin's (O'Neill's) short tenure at the start.
"It was the week leading up to the Hearts game, top of the league clash, then Roma in the Europa League and St Mirren in the League Cup final, I thought Martin should have been given that week at least.
"Nancy took over that week and had an absolute Holocaust in that week and it was just a nightmare from then on. The defeats and Rangers last weekend was the final straw, the final nail in the coffin."
Final Score presenter Jason Mohammad apologised later in the show for the statement and Given also made an apology, pledging to donate his appearance fee on the show to the Holocaust Education Trust.
Given's statement on social media read: "On live television this afternoon, I used a word that i didn't fully understand the meaning of, and certainly won't ever use again.
"We all have areas of ignorance in our knowledge, and I hope to use this as an opportunity to become better educated going forward.
"I am genuinely mortified and apologise unreservedly to everyone offended, and will be donating my fee from today's show to the Holocaust Educational Trust."