Financial Times names Lenihan Europe's worst Finance Minister
Brian Lenihan was today named the worst finance minister in Europe in an annual ranking by a leading financial newspaper.
The Financial Times said Mr Lenihan was overcome by the scale of Ireland’s crisis and failed to rescue the banks despite the massive taxpayer bailout.
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