... public service workers for that. For once the Government had the public behind it. Suddenly Brian Cowen, of all people, rode to the rescue. Faced ... rebellion the Cabinet panicked. On Thursday Conor Lenihan, brother of the only minister with real guts — ... political survival and abandoned the talks. Next Wednesday, Brian Lenihan will present the first Budget for two decades without the bearded ...

... McWilliam's was perfectly within his rights to ask for payment. Also Brian Lenihan is Fianna Fail, y' ... clusterfuck we're currently bathing in on a hourly basis. Is it just me, but if Lenihan is so desparate  as to call on a media-head ... 39;ve bought his new book. Exactly.  So I say screw Brian Lenihan, if the best idea this Minister can come up with, during the initial shock ...

... been approved for the amount of money they borrowed and repossession orders should not be granted to their lenders, proposals to Finance Minister Brian Lenihan and the Oireachtas committee have urged. A group, whose aim is ... Prevention of Family Home Repossession Group has made submissions to Mr Lenihan and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and Public Service on a ...

... by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; In government buildings Brian Cowen was aghast, it looked like the tables were turning at last; Taoiseach by default, the fat lad was bawling, while everyone else thought him just plain appalling. Department of Finance, Brian Lenihan’s lair, a place quite as false as his Just-for-Men® ...

The three current TDs in last week's pictures are sons whose fathers were TDs before them. Michael D'Arcy Jr (son of Michael D'Arcy Sr) John Deasy (son of Austin Deasy) Brian Lenihan Jr (son of Brian Lenihan Sr) TDs again this week. They all represented different parties, so what do they have in common outside of politics?

... of the House. I also have to say that whilst we don't agree with the fundamentals of the legislation, Minister Brian Lenihan gave a very accomplished performance. Lenihan was clearly on top of the detail of the Bill and as a result he was able to robustly defend his position on amendments. During the three days of debate he ...

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan has indicated that he will use the 11.9 per cent pay cut private sector workers have already taken as a benchmark for public sector pay cuts, the Sunday Independent has ... sector have seen their pay cut by 11.9 per cent and sources have said Mr Lenihan would be seeking cuts of that nature for public sector workers. Whereas if you go to the ...

... he believed it was possible to agree an alternative that would achieve the savings the government requires in 2010. (Nonsense) Finance minister Brian Lenihan has called on public service unions to return to talks. Taoiseach Brian Cowen said he was disappointed there was a strike. It seems that more than few of those State sector workers on strike the other day ...

... : The banks may be broke but the bankers are still living high on the hog. These are the guys the taxpayer will bail out when the Nama Bill is passed in the Dail this week. Brian Lenihan, busy promoting the bankers' interests with Nama in the Dail, sent Mary Harney along to deputise for him. At the top table with the Minister sat all ...

... 13 3:46:41 George Lapierre Williston VT M 30 82 <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">14 3:46:41 Brian Lenihan Hingham MA M 42 86 <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">15 3:48:43 Michael Thornton Harvard MA M 39 ...

... from terrorists/criminals and empty auction rooms -- Irish auctioneers have faced them all down through the years. But how will they deal with the fall-out from the credit crunch? With Finance Minister Brian Lenihan now finally admitting that the Government is facing its toughest economic test in 20 years, watch out for the repercussions. Auctioneers are going ...

And so yesterday the NAMA Bill passed all stages in the Dail and is due to be signed into law by the President next week, and Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan expects the €54 Billion worth of bad loans to be transferred from the three participating banks and two building societies to the taxpayers before Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone. The ...

... to express their frustrations. Whether the assessment of our problems on which at any rate the picket line posters are based is accurate is rather another matter. According to the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan TD, 4 per cent of Irish taxpayers provide almost half of all income tax receipts, while half of the country’s income earners ...

At a Pre-Budget meeting with the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, the ICMSA President, Jackie Cahill, said it was foolhardy to rely on the banks making credit available at a competitive interest rate to the productive sector of the economy. Mr Cahill said that the kind of commitments the state had received from the banks to renew the ...

... property crash and the global recession, eroding tax income and pushing the shortfall to 26 billion euros ($38.9 billion) this year. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan wants to cut about 4 billion euros from spending in the Dec. 9 budget to rebuild investors' confidence after borrowing costs soared.   "Strikes will ...