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19 Jul

finishing what you start

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on allsandm.blogspot.com

Who knows - maybe that’s what Brian Lenihan was doing when he appeared to claim the voting age on these shores was 21. Perhaps in his mind he was answering a question previously asked like : “How many week’s holiday would Fianna Fáil ... Continue reading »

Recession Diet

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on kerryview.blogspot.com

Neither of the twin Bs, Brian Cowan nor Brian Lenihan can bring themselves to admit it. Recession. It's a national emergency. As bad as the 80's? My ass - we're headed for the 50's (18 or 19, take your pick). Many of our celtic cubs may ... Continue reading »

14 Jul

FAS: the €20m-a-week quango

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on shane-ross.ie

The answers are disturbing. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan could find the sudden exposures at FAS the answer to his prayers. FAS has spent billions — and mis-spent millions — in recent years. All Brian needs is half a billion.... Continue reading »

11 Jul

Current spending will be kept in check - Lenihan

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on irishtimes.com

CURRENT SPENDING should not out-distance revenue, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan told the Dáil. “That path leads to unsustainable borrowing, less room for manoeuvre, lower growth and a heavy tax burden.’’... Continue reading »

10 Jul

Mahon and Moriarty legal bills may cost up to €1bn

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on irishtimes.com

TRIBUNALS:THE €1 BILLION that Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has said could be saved in 2009 from the measures announced yesterday, may just be enough to pay for legal bills expected from the Moriarty and Mahon tribunals.... Continue reading »

Government announces plans to save €440m in cutbacks this year

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on irishtimes.com/front

MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has announced plans to save €440 million this year and committed the Government to saving a further €1 billion in 2009. The Minister ruled out resorting to large-scale borrowing to deal with the ... Continue reading »

Recession fear weighs on Ireland’s banks

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on southofdub.blogspot.com

Brian Lenihan, Irish finance minister, admitted last month that Ireland’s once booming housing market had come to a “shuddering halt”. Bank lending growth has slowed sharply. In addition, the higher cost of funding resulting from the ... Continue reading »

08 Jul

HSE staff paid €2m a week in travel and hotel expenses

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

The spending on travel expenses is likely to increase again this year after finance minister Brian Lenihan announced an increase in travel and subsistence payments to civil servants last week. This will be enjoyed by all 300000 ... Continue reading »

06 Jul

Government shuts the door on Ennis Creche

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on patbreen.ie

Fine Gael’s Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Clare TD Pat Breen has voiced his annoyance at the failure of the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan TD to review the temporary closure of the Civil Service Creche in Ennis. ... Continue reading »

04 Jul

Draghi criticises Berlusconi's economic policy

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on eurointelligence.com

Finance minister Brian Lenihan hopes the €500m “savings” on government spending will be enough to prevent Ireland breaking the EU rules on borrowing this year. But that depends on the rest of the economy — outside of building and ... Continue reading »

24 Jun

Busy, busy…

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on lynnfoleysblog.blogspot.com

Last Friday was the official opening of the extension to Oisin's school and Brian Lenihan, minister for finance, attended. I got to see a few old faces from my primary school days! On Saturday I got to go to the midsummer megascrap ... Continue reading »

It’s now clear - we blew the boom

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on senatoralexwhite.wordpress.com

having to deal with the Department of Health and Children, it would appear now that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, is having an Angola moment about having to deal with the challenges in the Department of Finance. ... Continue reading »

23 Jun

Responsibility for E-Government has moved from the Department of …

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on rialtas.net/blog

Brian Lenihan, the Minister for Finance, will bring proposals to cabinet in the coming weeks aimed at modernising and improving e-government services in Ireland. The Department of Finance assumed responsibility for e-government in ... Continue reading »

More than beer and biscuits

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on cuffestreet.blogspot.com

It wasn't the Greens what talked down the economy, it was the Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance! in fairness, I'm taking Brian Lenihan's quote out of context, and he did correct his quote to suggest that only the housing sector was ... Continue reading »

17 Jun

Joe Higgins Will Solve The Lisbon Treaty Crisis

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on flickr.com/photos/infomatique

In 1996, he campaigned against water charges and came within 270 votes of preventing Brian Lenihan, Jnr from taking his late father's Dáil seat in the Dublin West by-election. He was first elected to the Dáil in the 1997 general ... Continue reading »

15 Jun

No!

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on unstable.livejournal.com

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said: “I'm very, very disappointed by this result. I think it's a sad day for Europe and for our people as well.” I'm confused, he could be saying saying that he is personally sad or that he doesn't ... Continue reading »

EU referendum: Ireland votes against Lisbon Treaty: rish voters …

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on britanniaradio.co.uk

At the major ballot-counting center in Dublin, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan struggled to speak to reporters as anti-treaty activists jubilantly drowned him out with songs and chants of “No!” read more.... Continue reading »

EU Turmoil Ireland Votes NO To Lisbon Treaty

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on rutilusallec.com

In a sign of the passions aroused by the issue, Brian Lenihan, the Finance Minister, had to be escorted from Dublin’s main counting station when No campaigners attempted to drown him out and scuffles broke out. “As you know from Eastern ... Continue reading »

13 Jun

For the want of a nail the Treaty could be lost…

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on sluggerotoole.com

I have a lot of sympathy with the Republic’s Finance Minister Brian Lenihan when he asks the electorate to be wary of the various unelected pressure groups (Libertas perhaps being the most notable). We don’t know for certain who is ... Continue reading »

Stupid Minister Speaks Sense For Once

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on oneftroad.wordpress.com

Brian Lenihan, Uncle Fester lookalike and current Minister of Finance, has come out today and told us all that we should ‘Stop whingeing over prices and get on with things‘. So. Now yis know what to do when some fucker tries to charge ... Continue reading »


Who is Brian Lenihan?

Party: Fianna Fáil

Constituency: Dublin West

Brian Joseph Lenihan SC is currently a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin West and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

-Excerpt from Wikipedia page for Brian Lenihan

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