Jack Wall (politician)

Jack Wall
Wall, c. 2002
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1997 – February 2016
ConstituencyKildare South
Senator
In office
17 February 1993 – 6 June 1997
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born (1945-07-01) 1 July 1945 (age 79)
Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseAnne Byrne
Children4, including Mark

Jack Wall (born 1 July 1945) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency from 1997 to 2016 and a Senator from 1993 to 1997, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[1]

Wall was born in Castledermot, County Kildare in 1945. He was educated at Castledermot national school and Castledermot vocational school. He worked as an electrician before entering into local politics in 1991 when he was elected to Athy Town Council and Kildare County Council.[2]

In 1993, Wall was nominated to Seanad Éireann. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party TD for Kildare South at the 1997 general election, and was re-elected at each subsequent general election until his retirement in 2016.[2] He previously served as Labour Party Spokesperson for Agriculture, Defence and Arts, Sport and Tourism, and also for Community and Rural Affairs.[citation needed]

He was the chairperson of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2007 to 2016.

On 10 July 2015, he announced that he would not be contesting the 2016 general election.[3] Following the 2024 Irish general election, Wall's son Mark was elected to represent Kildare South.[4]


References

  1. ^ "Jack Wall". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Jack Wall". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Kildare South to open up as Labour stalwart Jack Wall retires from Dáil". Irish Independent. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ Daygo, Hannah (1 December 2024). "Mark Wall and Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh are elected in Kildare South". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2024.