Brian Lenihan’s brother takes FG senator to task over illness remarks

BRIAN LENIHAN’S brother has criticised a Fine Gael senator who questioned whether the finance minister should continue in his job as he battles cancer.

In a letter to this newspaper last week, Fine Gael senator and GP Liam Twomey wrote of Mr Lenihan: “As a medical doctor, I am not sure that it is appropriate for him to continue working like he is.”

But Junior Minister Conor Lenihan said Mr Twomey had “no knowledge” of the Finance Minister’s condition.