€50 facewash a smash hit on YouTube

Hollywood had its $50m man, but in just a few days in the region of 400,000 people have watched Tuam’s €50 note man.

Former postman Denis Sweeney has become an instant YouTube hit after he was inadvertently captured on TV wiping the rain from his face with a €50 note.

Last Thursday was one of the wettest days remembered at Ballybrit, and a drenched Denis was standing in the background of an RTÉ interview with Barry Orr from betting exchange firm Betfair.