Age:
Place of birth:
Education:
Blackrock College, UCD School of Architecture and Athens Centre of Ekistics.
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Marital status:
Divorced from his first wife, with whom he had a son and a daughter. He married Liz Allman in 1990. They have one son.
Political career:
A member of Dublin City Council from 1974 to 1977. First elected to the Dail in 1977 for Dublin South East. Lost his seat in June 1981, regaining it in February 1982 and holding it since. Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs in 1982-1983, Minister for Labour (1983-87), spokesman on the environment (1987-89) and finance (1989-93), Minister for Enterprise and Employment (1993-94) and Minister for Finance (199497). He has been deputy leader of the Labour Party since 1989.