Paddy Power ups stakes with method to their mischief

It’s an unusual title to put on your CV but breaking away from the ordinary is key to his success, reckons Paddy Power’s Head of Mischief, Ken Robertson.

Whether it’s hiring sky- writers to send messages of support to top sports people or announcing the staging of a basketball match in North Korea — it’s all in a day’s work at the betting agency.

And the inspiration for this latest, controversial wheeze involving Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong-un actually originated at the Vatican, claims Ken.