Mick Wallace TD |
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Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2011 |
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Constituency | Wexford |
Personal details | |
Born |
Wexford Town, Wexford, Ireland |
9 November 1955
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Independents 4 Change (since 2014) |
Other political affiliations |
Independent (2011–2014) |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Website | mickwallace |
Mick Wallace (born 9 November 1955) is an Irish Independents 4 Change politician, property developer and former football manager. He was re-elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2016 general election as a TD for the Wexford constituency.
Before and since his election to the Dáil Wallace has spoken out and campaigned against austerity, drug policy and discrimination against women. He has alleged Garda malpractice and queried whether the presence of military aircraft at Shannon Airport is in violation of Irish neutrality. His encounter on state television with justice minister Alan Shatter, during which Shatter divulged personal information about Wallace, led in part to Shatter's resignation.
Wallace has lived in Dublin since his election to the Dáil, two of his children being in full-time education there. For the purposes of Dáil expenses, he is included in the Dublin band (not the band covering his constituency, Wexford, which is further away). This means he receives less than he would otherwise.
Born at Wellington Bridge in Wexford, one of a family of 12 children, he graduated from University College Dublin with a teaching qualification. He married a woman from Duncormick, Co. Wexford in 1979, and they had two sons. Their marriage ended while the couple's children were young. He had two more children from a relationship with a Dublin teacher in the 1990s.
In 2007 Wallace founded the Wexford Youths F.C., which he managed for their first three seasons, and is chairman of its board. The club is in the League of Ireland Premier Division.