Early and Personal Life
Lenihan was born in Dublin. He lived in Athlone until he was 11 years of age. He was educated at Belvedere College, University College Dublin (where he was chair of the Kevin Barry Cumann), Dublin City University and the INSEAD.
Lenihan began his working life as a newspaper journalist working in the 1980s in the House of Commons in London where he was a political correspondent for the Irish News. While in London he was also a member of the European Commission's Speakers Panel.
In the 1990s he went into broadcast journalism working with the Dublin radio station 98FM. Lenihan also worked as a senior executive with O2, an Irish-owned mobile operator, and subsequently worked as an advisor for the company.
Lenihan is the son of former Fianna Fáil Tánaiste Brian Lenihan, Snr. His grandfather, Patrick Lenihan, also served in the Irish parliament. His aunt, Mary O'Rourke, is a former Fianna Fáil TD and Senator, while his brother, Brian Lenihan, Jnr was a TD and the Minister for Finance from 2008 to 2011.
Lenihan was diagnosed with a benign tumour in 2007.
Lenihan was also the editor of The Nation, the official publication of the Fianna Fáil party.
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