About Alex
Senator Alex White is the leader of the Labour Group in Seanad Eireann, and his party’s national spokesperson on Children. Since 1994 he has been a practising barrister specialising in employment and labour law. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (Economic and Social Studies) and of the Kings Inns. He was called to the Bar in 1987.
Between 1984 and 1994 Alex was a producer with RTE, where he worked on current affairs programmes, as well as on the Gay Byrne Show which he produced from 1990 until 1994. During his time with RTE he was an active trade unionist, and was vice-president of the Public Sector region of SIPTU for four years.
Senator Alex White has also lectured on employment law and in media studies. He is a member of the International Commission for Trade Union Rights, an organisation of lawyers working to establish basic labour standards in countries where trade union rights are threatened.
Alex was elected to South Dublin County Council as a first-time candidate in June 2004. He was Deputy Mayor in 2006/2007 and was a member of the Sports and Recreation, and the Transportation Strategic Policy Committees. He contested the 2007 general election in Dublin South, and in July 2007 he became the first senator elected on the Cultural and Educational panel to Seanad Eireann.
By the way, in my first post, I forgot to tell you how much I enjoyed listening to your youtube. Reading your About page reminded me how impressed I was by your eloquence. As you may know, our country has been eight years plagued by a President who, it seems, can barely speak “American,” much less English. And if the McCain ticket wins, it looks as though Vice President Palin would be no better. Oh, how I long to be rid of these base types in politics … Thank you for providing hope!