Book reflects Lenihan’s political and personal life

The late Brian Lenihan was remembered by family, friends and political colleagues at the launch of a book reflecting on his life and times.

Launched on the sixth anniversary of one of his most controversial decisions — the blanket bank guarantee — the book, Brian Lenihan: In Calm And Crisis has drawn widespread attention for the way it chronicles the nation’s slide into the humiliation of the bailout in 2010.

Mr Lenihan’s widow, Patricia Ryan, and their children Tom and Clare were in attendance, as well as his brother, the former minister Conor Lenihan.