Brian Joseph Lenihan SC (born 21 May 1959) is an Irish politician. He is currently a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin West and Minister for Finance.
Lenihan was born in Dublin in 1959. He was educated at Belvedere College, where he was School Captain (i.e. Head Prefect), Trinity College, Dublin (Foundation Scholar, First Class Hons BA Mods), Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (First Class Hons LLB) and the Honorable Society of King's Inns.
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Brian Joseph Lenihan SC (born 21 May 1959) is an Irish politician. He is currently a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin West and Minister for Finance.
Lenihan was born in Dublin in 1959. He was educated at Belvedere College, where he was School Captain (i.e. Head Prefect), Trinity College, Dublin (Foundation Scholar, First Class Hons BA Mods), Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (First Class Hons LLB) and the Honorable Society of King's Inns.
He began lecturing in law at Trinity College, Dublin in 1984 and in the same year was called to the Irish Bar. From 1992 to 1995 he was a member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal and the Garda Síochána Complaints Appeal Board, and in 1997 he became a Senior Counsel.
Lenihan is married to Patricia Ryan and they have two teenagers one girl and one boy.
Lenihan is a member of a famous Irish political dynasty. His father Brian Lenihan, Snr was a cabinet minister for over twenty-five years, Tánaiste, and a candidate for President in...
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