Politics ‘excited his every neuron, permeated his every fibre’

HE was a man with towering intellect, who believed in duty, honour to his country and devotion to his family.

These were some of the tributes paid to the late Brian Lenihan yesterday as his family and friends attended his funeral Mass.

Leaders and representatives from across the political divide, members of the judiciary and former taoisigh crowded into the small St Mochta’s Church in Porterstown, Dublin.