Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan yesterday apologised for any role which he or the Government had in the lead up to the recession.
“First of all I was a member of the party throughout that era and I’m certainly sorry for what happened . . . but in so far as I was a member of the governing party; as a Deputy supporting it or a Minister of State supporting it, I have to take responsibility,” he told George Hook on Newstalk radio.
“I apologise to the extent to which the Government played a part in this. But I don’t accept that the Government was the only party responsible,” he said.