Updated: Wednesday, 20th January, 2010 4:57pm

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Top surgeon leads Lenihan cancer team

by John Donohoe

Fomer Meath footballer and Dublin surgeon Gerry McEntee.

The former Meath footballer, Gerry McEntee, originally from Nobber, is heading up the medical team looking after the health of the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, during his current cancer treatment.

Mr Lenihan was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer over Christmas, just after delivering his budget, and began chemotherapy in recent weeks.

Mr McEntee is based at the Mater Hospital in Dublin. He is also a neighbour and constituent of Mr Lenihan in Dublin 15, and managed the Blanchardstown GAA side, St Brigid's, to win a Dublin senior championship in recent years.

Ironically, Mr McEntee was a member of the team of 60 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA, in 1989, who took care of the finance minister's father, Brian Lenihan senior, during the former Tanaiste's liver transplant. The operation increased the late Mr Lenihan's life by six years, until his passing in 1995. He had been seriously ill at the time of the operation.