Béal na mBláth address - Source of fury must be recognised

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan yesterday became the first Fianna Fáil minister to address the annual commemoration of the death of Michael Collins at Béal na mBláth.

Although few living people can remember the Civil War, many have been nurtured on the accounts related by parents or grandparents.

Mr Lenihan noted that even though his paternal grandfather, Paddy Lenihan, was a Fianna Fáil deputy during the 1960s, he was actually pro-Treaty and a supporter of Michael Collins during the Civil War.