We have a great country full of hard-working people that needs fixing. Doing that will not be easy, but letting it continue along the path it is now on will bankrupt us, writes John McGuinness on the 10th anniversary of the banking bailout.

Former Cork City defender Brian Lenihan has revealed that the real reason he retired from football at the age of just 23 was the mental illness which led him to attempt to take his own life last year.

A senior Fianna Fáil TD has controversially claimed former taoiseach Brian Cowen and the late former finance minister Brian Lenihan “put country before party” in the decisions they imposed during the economic crash.

Ann Lenihan, the matriarch of one of the country's leading political dynasties, has died.

A member of the banking inquiry has called on Fianna Fáil to apologise for Brian Lenihan's claim that "we all partied".

Former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan asked Europe to rubber-stamp plans to save Anglo Irish Bank, his former special advisor has said.

A Fianna Fáil senator has said that Greece needed the 'steady hand' of Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan to save the country from financial crisis.

Brian Lenihan had the experience of his life at the weekend in Las Vegas, when he successfully blagged his way into the McGregor inner sanctum to meet the freshly crowned interim champion.

A state group set up to protect public funds was kept out of the room on guarantee night despite being completely opposed to a blanket bank protection and warning Anglo was “an accident waiting to happen” for over a year.

The former special advisor to the late Finance Minister Brian Lenihan says "it doesn't sound right" that he would have said he was over-ruled on the night of the bank guarantee.

Former taoiseach Brian Cowen “already had a preference” for a “broad” bank guarantee before the infamous September 29, 2008, meeting which led to the multi-billion euro deal — and overruled then finance minister Brian Lenihan’s concerns.

The family of Brian Lenihan say his name has been “sullied” by comments made by former European Central Bank president Jean Claude Trichet about events leading up the infamous bank guarantee.

The family of the late Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has strongly rejected comments made about him by former ECB chief Jean Claude Trichet.

The recent move by the aunt and brother of the late minister for finance Brian Lenihan to represent his views would make a joke of the banking inquiry, writes Michael Clifford

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The family of the late Brian Lenihan could be given the right to represent him at the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry.

Former Government minister Mary O’Rourke has voiced concerns about the banking inquiry making any allegations against her nephew, the late Brian Lenihan.

Relatives of the late Brian Lenihan have reportedly written to the banking inquiry demanding the right to reply to allegations made about his performance as former Finance Minister.

Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen has accepted that mistakes were made in the handling of the controversial bank guarantee of 2008.

Former taoiseach Brian Cowen last night said there was never any question of his overruling finance minister Brian Lenihan’s views at the time of the State bank guarantee of 2008.

The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry will today hear from Dr Peter Bacon and from the former special advisor to Brian Lenihan Alan Ahearne.

The refusal by the European Central Bank (ECB) to release a letter sent to the late Brian Lenihan in the run-up to the bailout in 2010 “wasted an opportunity for fairness and transparency”, according to the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly.

More than 1,000 mourners gathered today to pay their respects at the funeral of Former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.

The funeral of former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan takes place in Dublin today.

Irish President Mary McAleese has led hundreds of mourners at the removal of the former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.

Books of condolence will open at Government Buildings and at the civic offices in Athlone today for the late Brian Lenihan.

An online book of condolence has been set up for people around the country to pay their respects to former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday.

Hundreds of sympathisers queued to pay their respects to former finance minister Brian Lenihan today.

There is a steady flow of people arriving at the constituency office of Brian Lenihan this afternoon, paying their respects to the former Minister for Finance.

The funeral details have been announced for the former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, who died yesterday at the age of 52.

Former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan will be laid to rest on Tuesday.

Former finance minister Brian Lenihan has died after a long battle with cancer.

Former Minister Mary O'Rourke has said the Lenihan family is in "a very bad state" at the death of her nephew Brian, who died overnight.

President Mary McAleese, who first met Mr Lenihan as a student at Trinity College, has said the death of such a young and talented politician was untimely.

EU Commissioner Olli Rehn has said he greatly admired Brian Lenihan's "great personal courage, strength and dedication to the public good".

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described Mr Lenihan as a decent man and exemplary public servant.

Brian Lenihan's family will announce funeral arrangements later, after the former Finance Minister's death overnight.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has described Brian Lenihan as "an intellectual powerhouse, but he wore his learning lightly".

Brian Lenihan's aunt Mary O'Rourke has said he nephew Brian Lenihan, who passed away overnight, "always worked for his country and he worked for the best of Ireland".

Former Finance MInister Brian Lenihan has died at the age of 52. He had been battling pancreatic cancer since 2009 and passed away overnight.

Former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has passed away.

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan asked doctors whether the stress of coping with the country’s economic crisis was to blame for a cancerous growth in his pancreas, he said today.

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan today confirmed he would undergo treatment to remove cancerous tissue in his pancreas.