The Lie That Cost a Politician the Presidency

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In 1990 a politician named Brian Lenihan, who was the front runner for the Irish Presidency, gave a bizarre interview in which he contradicted something he had said on the record a few months earlier. The problem was there was audio evidence of Lenihan's earlier statement and few were willing to buy his new story. • Credits: • (Music) • 'Solecism' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au • 'Sunday Smooth' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au • Music: Vincent in Paris by Justin Allan Arnold - https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • 'Rising Walls' by Myuu • 'The Mystery' by Myuu • 'Constance' by Kevin MacLeod • 'Dark Hollows' Alexander Nakarada • (Pictures) • Bridge Street, Boyle, Co. Roscommon • cc-by-sa/2.0 - © P L Chadwick - geograph.org.uk/p/7335720 • Boyle, Co. Roscommon, 1993 • cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ben Brooksbank - geograph.org.uk/p/4499942 • St Malachy's College - Chapel Interior [2] • cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Rossographer - geograph.org.uk/p/484106 • Four Courts, Dublin 1998 by Rodhullandemu • Dublin: up O'Connell Street, 1955 • cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ben Brooksbank - geograph.org.uk/p/3771236 • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • Three quarter length portrait of man in suit by Auckland Museum • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • Half-length portrait of a man in a suit by Auckland Museum • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • O'Connell Street 1960 by Bruce Tait • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • 20130810 dublin214 by Jean Housen • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • Bank of Ireland near Grafton Street, Dublin by P Flannagan • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • Irish Prime Minister Charles HAUGHEY speaks in plenary session in Sgtrasbourg in July 1990 by European Union 1990 - EP • (https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu...) • Official visit of Prime minister of DDR and Chancellor of Germany at the European Parliament in Strasbourg by European Union 1990 - EP • (https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu...) • Leinster House - Interior Images - 2020 by Houses of the Oireachtas • (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oireach...) • (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oireach...) • IMG_4302 Launch of the Education Online Programme - Oct 2015 by Houses of the Oireachtas • (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oireach...) • The mayor's office by CHEN Dadi • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • North Rear facade by John Flanagan • (https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfla...) • Antiques Vintage Phone by mitchschlater00 • (https://pixabay.com/es/photos/antig%C...) • Man in Suit by Amtec Photos • (www.amtec.us.com) • The Central Bank On Dame Street In Dublin by William Murphy • (https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomat...) • Grafton Street, Dublin by wfmillar • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • O'Connell Statue, Dublin by wfmillar • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • Curtis Lecture Halls interior view1 empty class by Theonlysilentbob • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • University College Dublin by Leandro Neumann Ciuffo • (https://www.flickr.com/photos/leandro...) • BMW 316i Automatic 1.6 Rear by Vauxford • (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) • (Sources) • Candidate by Emily O'Reilly • Lenihan: His Life and Loyalties by James Downey • For the Record by Brian Lenihan

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