Lenihan joins Cowen in the slovenly work class

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe might need to look into the reasons for the Taoiseach and the Minster of Finance being so haphazard in their reading skills.

Mr Cowen admitted he hadn’t read the Lisbon Treaty in its entirety, although that didn’t stop him from urging the electorate to endorse it.

Mr Lenihan has also shown far from meticulous reading habits even when donating billions of euro to Anglo-Irish Bank.