G. V. Wright

Thomas Wright, usually known by the nickname G. V., was born in Dublin on 3 August 1947 and is best known as an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, although sport features in his biography. In his youth he played Gaelic football for the Dublin county team and was an international basketball player and coach. He was educated at Chanel College in Coolock and became a food retailer before entering public life, serving as a senator from 1982, as a Teachta Dála for Dublin North in two spells, and as Leader of Seanad Éireann from 1991 to 1994, and he retired from politics at the 2007 general election. The Mahon Tribunal later found that he had received a corrupt payment in 1992, and he resigned from Fianna Fáil in March 2012. This entry covers him as a former Dublin Gaelic footballer and Irish basketball international.