‘We won’t see your like for many a day’

THE coffin was draped in a Tricolour and placed upon it was a Bible and a cross.

“God alone knows, he doesn’t need that cross because he suffered enough, especially in recent years,” said Fr Eugene Kennedy.

Brian Lenihan had carried the burden of major national problems during his time as minister for finance while battling pancreatic cancer that brought about his untimely death at the age of 52. But now he has found “peace at last”.