age ~58
from Hingham, MA
…front-runner, however, a number of other candidates entered the field to ensure a contest.[citation needed] Finance Minister Brian Lenihan was seen as Martin's biggest rival for the position, however, his position was weakened due to his public declaration of support for Cowen the previous w...
…In 1990 Ahern was campaign manager for the presidential bid of his cabinet colleague, Brian Lenihan.[23] It proved to be Ahern's least successful campaign as the apparently unbeatable Lenihan lost to Independent candidate Mary Robinson. Ahern was damaged in the short term by being seen as th...
…The failure to get the Fianna Fil candidate, Brian Lenihan, elected as President of Ireland added to the pressure on Haughey's leadership. In a speech in County Cork, Reynolds announced that if a vacancy arose in the position of party leader he would contest it. This was a clear and open rev...