Ministers for Defence

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Alan Shatter, Bobby Molloy, Brendan Daly (politician), Brian Lenihan, Snr, Cathal Brugha, David Andrews (Irish politician), Desmond FitzGerald (politician), Eamon O Cuiv, Frank Aiken, Gerald Bartley, Hugh Coveney, James Tully (Irish politician), Jerry Cronin, Jim Gibbons (Irish politician), John P. Wilson, Kevin Boland, Michael Hilliard, Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fail), Michael Smith (Irish politician), Minister for Defence (Ireland), Oliver J. Flanagan, Oscar Traynor, Paddy Donegan, Paddy O'Toole, Paddy Power (Irish politician), Padraig Faulkner, Patrick Cooney, Peter Hughes (Irish politician), Richard Mulcahy, Sean Barrett (Fine Gael), Sean Mac Eoin, Sylvester Barrett, Thomas F. O'Higgins, Tony Killeen, Vincent Brady, Willie O'Dea. Excerpt: Brian Patrick Lenihan (17 November 1930 - 1 November 1995) was an Irish Fianna Fail politician, who served in a range of cabinet positions, most notably as Tanaiste (deputy Prime Minister), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Justice. Lenihan sat for many years as a Fianna Fail representative in both houses of the Irish parliament, Dail Eireann and Seanad Eireann. He served numerous terms as a government minister, was appointed Tanaiste in 1987, and stood unsuccessfully for the Irish presidency in 1990. He was a member of a family political dynasty; his father, Patrick Lenihan, and sister both followed him into Dail Eireann; his sister Mary O'Rourke sitting in cabinet with him. Two of his sons, Brian Lenihan, Jnr and Conor Lenihan, became TDs in the 1990s. Brian Lenihan, Jnr served as Minister for Finance and Conor was Minister of State in the government of Taoiseach Brian Cowen. Two phrases associated with him, No problem and On mature recollection, entered the Irish political lexicon. Born in Dundalk, County Louth, Lenihan was the son of Patrick...