B RIAN
L ENIHAN
B RIAN
L ENIHAN
I N C ALM AND C RISIS
First published in 2014 by Merrion Press
an imprint of Irish Academic Press
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C ONTENTS
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS
In the first instance, we want to thank the authors of each of the individual essays for taking the time out of their busy schedules to contribute to this project, for doing so on time and with such care.
We also wish to gratefully acknowledge the wisdom and friendship of Seamus Browne, whose advice is reflected in many facets of this book. We would like to express our gratitude to Jonathan Williams for his faith in this project and to Conor Graham, Lisa Hyde and all at Irish Academic Press, whose professionalism and attention to detail has made the final publication such a fine production.
We are grateful to many who assisted us in sourcing the photographs included in this book and for permission to reprint them. David Conachy, the Photographic Editor of the Sunday Independent, was extremely generous in that regard. We also wish to thank Stephen Rae, Editor in Chief at Independent News and Media and Michael Hinch, Editorial Imaging Manager at Independent Newspapers Ireland. We are also grateful to Damien Eagers; Peter Cavanagh (irishphoto.com); Eamonn Farrell (RollingNews.ie); Susan Kennedy (Lensmen/Irish Photo Archive) and Irene Stevenson (Irish Times Library) for their permission to use photographs in this book.
Loughlin Deegan, Joe Lennon and Richard Aldous undertook the time-consuming task of reading much of the final manuscript. They were meticulous in so doing and made many useful suggestions for improvement. We want to thank our publicist, Peter OConnell, for helping to market this book.
All royalties from this book are being donated to the Irish Cancer Society. We want to express our appreciation to Kathleen OMeara and Orla Sheils at the Irish Cancer Society for their help in this regard.
Others who offered valuable assistance in one form or another include Mary Bailey, Olivia Buckley, Noel Dempsey, Eoin Dorgan, Vincent ODoherty, Eoghan Neachtain, Eoin OShea, John Pollock and Patricia Ryan.
We would each like to thank our families and friends for their support and patience while we committed time to this project.
Working on this book was never a chore, but, of course, at times it was a poignant task. We hope it does some service to the recognition of the legacy of Brians too short life.
Brian Murphy
Mary ORourke
Noel Whelan
September 2014
L IST OF P LATES
B IOGRAPHICAL N OTES ON C ONTRIBUTORS
Professor Alan Ahearne is Head of Economics at NUI Galway. He is an adviser to the IMF and a member of the Commission of the Central Bank of Ireland. He served as a special adviser at the Department of Finance from March 2009 to March 2011. He previously worked as a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC.
Jim Flaherty was a Canadian Member of Parliament from 2006 until his death in April 2014. He was a member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2005. He had served as the Canadian Federal Minister for Finance; Deputy Premier of Ontario; Minister of Finance of Ontario; Attorney-General of Ontario with responsibility for Native Affairs and Minister of Labour of Ontario.
Paul Gallagher is a Senior Counsel. He is a Bencher of the Kings Inns and was formerly Vice Chairman of the Irish Bar Council. He was Attorney General of Ireland from 2007 to 2011. Paul is an Adjunct Professor of Law at University College Dublin, a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers.
Cathy Herbert worked with Brian Lenihan as his special adviser from January 2006 to March 2011.
Professor Patrick Honohan has been Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland since September 2009. He came to this position from Trinity College Dublin where he was an Economics Professor. He spent twelve years on the staff of the World Bank. In the 1980s, he was Economic Adviser to Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, and later spent several years at the ESRI.
Christine Lagarde is the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, taking up this position in 2011. She previously served in a number of ministerial positions in France. She joined the French Government in June 2005 as Minister for Foreign Trade. After a brief period as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in June 2007 she became the first woman to hold the post of Finance and Economy Minister of a G-7 country.
Mary McAleese was President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She is a former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Queens University Belfast and she was Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin from 1975 to 1987.
Ray Mac Sharry is a retired public representative. He was a member of Dil ireann from 1969 to 1988 and a member of the Euro- pean Parliament from 1984 to 1987. He has served as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development; Minister for Finance and Public Services; Tnaiste; Minister for Finance; Minister for Agriculture and Minister of State at the Department of Finance and Public Service.
Dr Martin Mansergh was Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the OPW from 2008 to 2011. He was a Fianna Fil TD for Tipperary South from 2007 to 2011 and Senator from 2002 to 2007. He was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, latterly vice-chairman, until 2008. As a special adviser to the Taoiseach, he was member of the Tax Strategy Group 1997 to 2002. He is the author of The Legacy of History for Making Peace in Ireland.
Rory Montgomery is Second Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach, having previously been the Irish Permanent Representative to the EU and Ambassador to France. He is writing in a purely personal capacity as a long-standing friend of Brian Lenihan.
John Mullen is from Tinahely, County Wicklow, and served as Deputy National Organiser of Fianna Fil until 2004.
Dr Brian Murphy is a former speech writer to two Taoisigh. He recently completed a PhD in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin.
Dr Harman Murtagh is a native of Athlone and a former senior lecturer at Athlone Institute of Technology, where he is currently a visiting fellow.
Marie Louise ODonnell was educated at Nottingham University, NUI Maynooth, and UCD. She lectured in the School of Communications at DCU. She trained in radio with the BBC and presented programmes for Radio 4 for several years. She has lectured in Ireland, Europe and the USA. She presents a weekly colour piece on
