Sir, – As diplomatic correspondent of this newspaper, I travelled with the then-taoiseach, Jack Lynch. on his tour of European capitals seeking entry to the Common Market. TK Whitaker, as secretary of the Department for Finance, was usually a member of the delegation.
Over drinks in the embassy in Rome after a round of talks with the Italian government, the minister for finance, Charles J Haughey , was demonstrating with a series of the old Irish pound notes that the higher the denomination the more one saw of Lady Lavery’s décolletage.
He had reached the £20 note when TK interjected: “But Minister, you haven’t seen what I have seen. I’ve seen the £50,000 note.” – Yours, etc,
WESLEY BOYD,
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Mount Merrion,
Co Dublin.