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13 unusual facts about Brian Lenihan


Anglo Irish Bank

In a statement on 30 March 2010, a day before Anglo Irish Bank reported its financial results, the Minister Of Finance, Brian Lenihan, announced an injection of €8.3 billion into the bank, noting that a further €10 billion may be required at a later stage to cover future losses and ensure an adequate capital base.

Brian Lenihan

Brian Lenihan, Snr (1930–1995), long-serving Irish Fianna Fáil politician

His son Brian Lenihan, Jnr (1959-2011), also an Irish Fianna Fáil politician

Compliance Ireland

The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, signaled that he would publish a Bill by the end of 2009.

Fianna Fáil

This fraction rises in Dublin with the exception of Dublin West, the former seat of both Brian Lenihan's.

National Asset Management Agency

The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, said the banks would have to assume significant losses when the loans, largely made to property developers, are removed from their books.

former Finance Minister the late Brian Lenihan believes that pension funds could be the most appropriate investors in the SPV.

Minutes of a private meeting at the department between Brian Lenihan and IMF officials on 29 April 2009 last state that the “IMF (Mr Seelig) do not believe that Nama will result in significant increase in bank lending in Ireland”.

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has denied that the Government got its sums wrong on NAMA.

On 8 October 2009, Brian Lenihan Minister of Finance said that even after selling real-estate loans to the government's NAMA, that the country's biggest banks may need further money.

National Consumer Agency

On 18 June 2009, Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan TD for the Irish Government established a single fully integrated regulatory institution, the Central Bank of Ireland.

Richie Boucher

Boucher accepted that Bank of Ireland was responsible for Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan putting '‘erroneous information'’ on the Dáil record to the effect that no performance-related bonuses were paid to staff.

Ursula Halligan

In December 2009, Halligan controversially disclosed the fact that the then Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Jnr had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.


Free Education for Everyone

Politicians such as the former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and Ministers Batt O'Keeffe, Éamon Ó Cuív, Brian Lenihan and his brother Conor Lenihan have all been targeted, with NUI Galway and UCD having the most widely reported rate of activism against visiting Ministers.