The slogan "Gilmore for Taoiseach" never had much credibility.A minor question: Could Sinn Fein make major gains, perhaps enough to overtake Fianna Fail?It could not and did not. Fianna Fail took 20 Dail seats, Sinn Fein 14.Since then, Fianna Fail has...

...aside the sloppy introduction of the euro, the easy money that then became available to Irish banks, the lack of oversight here and in Europe on the reckless inter-bank lending; the source of the current Irish problem is the blanket guarantee given to the...

"She said I was the only person in Fine Gael who could beat Brian Lenihan," he tells the Irish Examiner today in an interview on politics. "And I said: ‘Joan, are you joking: me? I wouldn’t have a prospect in the wide world. I’m very flattered, but no...

Often the gap between when the problem first arose and the borrower’s admission ran into years, making the bad loan figures in banks’ annual audited accounts potentially misleading. Most people were unaware of the flaw, including perhaps Brian Lenihan...

...his ideas -- been looking through a book which he said was familiar to many economics students, The Art of Strategy.It is a pity that Honohan was not more aware of the "powerful external forces" referred to in his address, when he -- as Kelly put it -- "deftly...

The Irish Times also reports that the proposed fiscal compact will not solve the euro crisis but it is an indispensable bridge to policies that can resolve the crisis, an adviser to former minister for finance Brian Lenihan told an Oireachtas committee...