Former Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Conor Lenihan (right) is making a return to Irish politics.
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Conor Lenihan, brother of the late finance minister, Brian, and son of the late agriculture minister, Brian Sr, looks set to be re-entering the Irish political world.
Lenihan was one of the many Fianna Fáil candidates who took a kicking at the 2011 general election – what with ruining the economy and all. He retreated out of politics afterwards and took up an advisory role with a Russian oligarch.
It now seems as if Lenihan will come down from the Urals to re-enter the political fray, not in his old Dublin southwest constituency but in Roscommon-Galway. Lenihan spent the first 11 years of his life in Athlone, which borders the constituency, and his aunt Mary O’Rourke is still a presence in the area.
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Conor Lenihan, brother of the late finance minister, Brian, and son of the late agriculture minister, Brian Sr, looks set to be re-entering the Irish political world.
Lenihan was one of the many Fianna Fáil candidates who took a kicking at the 2011 general election – what with ruining the economy and all. He retreated out of politics afterwards and took up an advisory role with a Russian oligarch.
It now seems as if Lenihan will come down from the Urals to re-enter the political fray, not in his old Dublin southwest constituency but in Roscommon-Galway. Lenihan spent the first 11 years of his life in Athlone, which borders the constituency, and his aunt Mary O’Rourke is still a presence in the area.
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