Lenihan: 'I fought the good fight'..was betrayed..'with hell at the gates'

[Dr. FIVE]

That point has been made on here in the past

indeed

[PaddyJoe]

Wasn't Teahon with Indecon ?

I don't think so. Paddy Mullarkey was its Chairman though.

[C. Flower]

Sean Quinn and the PAC are seeking access to Lenihan's private papers.
The meeting with Tom Garry is new info as far as I know.
I don't recall any mention of meetings with Leslie Buckley and Paddy Teahon either.
http://www.independent.ie/national-n...e-3095261.html

It seems out of order for the Lenihan family to hold on to Cabinet papers, as is suggested here.

A Sunday Independent special investigation has also established the identities of a host of bankers, stockbrokers and business figures who had seemingly free access to Mr Lenihan and the Department of Finance in the hours, days and weeks in the run-up to and after the night of the guarantee.

They include Tony Garry, chief executive of Davy stockbrokers, whose clients included Anglo Irish Bank; Tiernan O'Mahony, former head of Treasury in Anglo Irish Bank; and Leslie Buckley, vice-chairman of Digicel, then Anglo's sixth-biggest borrower.

It has been established that a raft of Mr Lenihan's personal notes, confidential cabinet documents and other sensitive material are now in the possession of his widow, circuit court judge Patricia Ryan, and their children at their home

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[C. Flower]

I don't think so. Paddy Mullarkey was its Chairman though.

He's worked for Treasury Holdings, amongst others.

And owned a company that advised Bertie on the Bertie bowl. Former Sec. Gen of the Dept. of Taoiseach.

[DCon]

It seems out of order for the Lenihan family to hold on to Cabinet papers, as is suggested here.

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Maybe the Son wants them for when he joins the Dail and needs to blackmail his way up the ranks of FF

[Slim Buddha]

Maybe the Son wants them for when he joins the Dail and needs to blackmail his way up the ranks of FF

I certainly hope FF is dead and buried before this becomes a possibility!

[PaddyJoe]

Karl Whelan's questions about the ECB's secret letter to Ireland:

Did the ECB communicate with Brian Lenihan on November 12, 2010? If so, why was this letter not referred to in response to Mr. Sheridan’s request?
Did the ECB threaten to withdraw funding from Irish banks unless Ireland entered an EU-IMF program, either in a letter dated November 12 or in meetings the following weekend?
What are the contents of the November 19 letter and why is this letter considered so sensitive given that it was clear to all after Governor Honohan’s remarks on November 18 that a bailout deal was being concluded?
I believe the Irish and wider European public deserve a better explanation of the events of November 2010 from the ECB. The public release of all communications from Mr. Trichet to Minister Lenihan should be part of this explanation

http://www.forbes.com/sites/karlwhel...ome-questions/

[Dr. FIVE]

We're all in this together.

[C. Flower]

We're all in this together.

Sharks and human beans. All in the same swimming pool.

[Baron von Biffo]

Sharks and human beans. All in the same swimming pool.

Vegans?

[Saoirse go Deo]

Can anyone remind me where the allegations that Lenihan was off his head on drugs(for his illness) at meetings etc appeared? I think it was a book?

[Baron von Biffo]

Can anyone remind me where the allegations that Lenihan was off his head on drugs(for his illness) at meetings etc appeared? I think it was a book?

[PaddyJoe]

From the Indo:

Brian Lenihan stood on the public gallery of the Seanad chamber and beckoned to Green Party chairman Dan Boyle.

Seconds later, both men were facing each other in the ante-room of Leinster House.

"He then proceeded to berate me in front of about a dozen Department of Finance officials," Boyle recalls.

"His fury was immense, lapsing into incoherence as he followed questions with further questions, the answers to which he suspected he already knew.

"He roared: 'What do you think you're playing at? You must think you're very clever.'

The angry confrontation between the Cork senator and Green Party chairman and the beleaguered and terminally ill Fianna Fáil Finance Minister is the opening scene in Dan Boyle's new book, Without Power or Glory -- The Greens in Government.

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/...s-3133209.html

[C. Flower]

The Irish Times says that the Cabinet hushed up the "secret" news - reported on every British media- that the Irish Government was talking to the IMF/EU.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...3d72cae4cebd,0

Cowen's innocent belief that him saying there weren't talks going on would be believed is on a par with Lenihan's belief that capital can't escape from an island.

Linked elsewhere, but seems very relevant here, Lenihan's correspondence.

The IT shows that November 16th was a critical day in Irish government discussions.

The correspondence in which the ECB allegedly bullied Ireland is listed here

http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-lenih...urce=shortlink

[Dr. FIVE]

Here's that Alan Ahearne interview. Worth a watch

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10065157/