Funny dynasty

I THINK we should have a national poll to find the funniest Lenihan family joke.

Was it Brian senior in the 1980s saying “we can’t all live here on this small island”? He was a senior minister who seemed to think we were densely populated when in fact we were the least densely populated in the EU. How they laughed in Cricklewood.

Then there was Mary O’Rourke’s advice to everyone to gamble on Eircom shares. I know pensioners who are still laughing at that one.

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