Mystery lady sees punters win €6,000 on new pope

A bookmaker was left looking to the heavens after customers in a bar in the Kingdom relieved him of €6,000 in a flutter on the new pope.

The divine inspiration for patrons in Killarney’s Speakeasy bar, to place a bet, came from a woman whose identity has not been revealed.

She reportedly “told anyone who was prepared to listen” to have a 50-1 bet on a certain Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, of whom they had never heard before.