Tony Gregory

Tony Gregory ( born December 5, 1947 in Dublin, † January 2, 2009 in Raheny in Dublin) was an Irish politician and from 1982 until his death in MP for Dublin Central in the lower house of the Irish Parliament.

Gregory belonged from 1979 to 2004 the City Council of Dublin ( Dublin City Council ) to. In February 1982, he was first elected as independents in the Dáil Éireann. Prior to his political activity Gregory worked as a history teacher in Dublin.

In his time as a Teachta Dala Gregory refused always to wear a tie, on the grounds that many of his constituents, such a could not afford.

Nationwide attention was Gregory, when in 1982, negotiated a multi-million pound comprehensive rehabilitation package for his constituency in return for his support of Fianna Fáil minority government. This aimed at combating poverty and neglect of the district agreement was known as Gregory deal.

Gregory, who was suffering from cancer, died on January 2, 2009 after a long illness in the Dublin suburb of Raheny. At his funeral, which was celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Eamonn Oliver Walsh, the Irish President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Brian Cowen, his predecessor Bertie Ahern as well as with Enda Kenny, Eamon Gilmore and Gerry Adams were represented three Irish party leaders. In whose face was criticized in a eulogy that Gregory had been systematically kept away during his term of office by all parties from all major political positions ( " systematically excluded by every political party 'from people in senior positions ").