Brian Lenihan RIP (condolences thread)

barbie_j · 10-06-2011 03:39PM

RIP

the_syco · 10-06-2011 03:42PM

TBH, anyone else with the same disease as him will see that he could carry on and live life to the full to the very end. No matter what you think of him as a politician, his character is an example of someone who wouldn't let a fatal disease get between him and life.

Nonoperational · 10-06-2011 03:52PM

RIP. Sad news.

Greenman · 10-06-2011 03:59PM

RIP

decisions · 10-06-2011 04:09PM

RIP

itsonlyme1 · 10-06-2011 04:10PM

i accepted him to be a decent man at a very very bad time in easily the worst FF gov of all times

may he RIP

pragmatic1 · 10-06-2011 04:16PM

Seemed like a decent chap. Very sad news. RIP Brian Lenihan.

Eliot Rosewater · 10-06-2011 04:20PM

the_syco wrote: »

TBH, anyone else with the same disease as him will see that he could carry on and live life to the full to the very end. No matter what you think of him as a politician, his character is an example of someone who wouldn't let a fatal disease get between him and life.

Agreed. I tend to be extremely sceptical of politicians and their motivations, but I can't reconcile that scepticism with Lenihan's desire to stay in politics even when he knew he would most likely be dying soon. He must have been motivated by something more than base political instinct, and I think for that he is worthy of respect.

mike kelly · 10-06-2011 04:21PM

R.I.P Brian - you turned the final corner.

Zubeneschamali · 10-06-2011 04:22PM

mike kelly wrote: »

R.I.P Brian - you turned the final corner.

I see what you did there.

Skyrim · 10-06-2011 05:09PM

Would most people think Noonan or Bruton have done any better in his positio? R.I.P Brian. His father died at a young age too.

rodento · 10-06-2011 05:38PM

He served his country and is electorate well and they stood with him till the end

May he rest in peace:(

thebman · 10-06-2011 05:42PM

Important to get some outside perspective at times like this:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/de82a056-9350-11e0-a038-00144feab49a.html

WhatNowForUs? · 10-06-2011 05:50PM

Could we start a parallel thread regarding his legacy and leave this one to morn his passing.

RIP Brian

Eliot Rosewater · 10-06-2011 06:04PM

I am going to split the thread into a condolences thread and a legacy thread. Please bear with me while I do this. Thanks.

/mod

cardwizzard · 10-06-2011 06:09PM

R.I.P

steph1 · 10-06-2011 06:57PM

RIP

Permabear · 10-06-2011 07:14PM

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10-06-2011 07:16PM

Very sad to hear this news today.
RIP

wow sierra · 10-06-2011 07:48PM

Condolences to his wife and family and the extended Lenihan family.

I am very upset myself by his passing. He always seemed larger than life as a person and had so much more to give. Someone said on radio today that he seemed like he was from Roscommon and not Dublin. As a Rossie myself I felt like that about him - that he was "one of our own". Its a pity he spent the last few years of his life in such a stressful and thankless job, but I suppose the best way to fight illness is to not let it stop you living your life as you feel you should.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

nesf · 10-06-2011 07:58PM

RIP, a sorry loss to our political establishment.

gandalf · 10-06-2011 08:19PM

My condolences to his family. RIP.

allthedoyles · 10-06-2011 10:04PM

One of a few politicians that I ever met

RIP Brian

later12 · 10-06-2011 11:16PM

I think that amidst all of the analysis of Brian Lenihan and the decisions and the policies that he shaped, the breadth of condolences coming in from those who knew him in a professional context speaks for itself. We might disagree with his appointment or the wisdom of his decisions, but I think his personal integrity was never in question.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0610/lenihanb_tributes.html

Fear uasail é, go dtuga Dia leaba bhog dó anois.

tweedledee · 10-06-2011 11:18PM

RIP as a child of God
Terrrible polititian,his decisions ruined this country for the next 30 years.

tweedledee · 10-06-2011 11:20PM

NESF,how is he a loss to our establishment???????:mad:
He was in the pocket of big business.

Wide Road · 10-06-2011 11:29PM

R.I.P.
May he rest in peace.

shadowninty · 11-06-2011 12:06AM

tweedledee wrote: »

RIP as a child of God
Terrrible polititian,his decisions ruined this country for the next 30 years.

Maybe you should've taken the job since you feel you could've handled the s(h)ituation he was handed so much better.

tweedledee · 11-06-2011 12:16AM

Shadow I didnt use my dad to get me elected,I didnt spend half a million euro to get me elected,I didnt sell Ireland to the Germans.I didnt put 150 BILLION of debt on the Irish people

nesf · 11-06-2011 01:22AM

tweedledee wrote: »

NESF,how is he a loss to our establishment???????:mad:
He was in the pocket of big business.

tweedledee wrote: »

Shadow I didnt use my dad to get me elected,I didnt spend half a million euro to get me elected,I didnt sell Ireland to the Germans.I didnt put 150 BILLION of debt on the Irish people

Neither post is welcome in this thread, take it elsewhere please.

Brian Lenihan RIP (condolences thread)

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