Willie Penrose

Quick Facts

Full Name	Willie Penrose
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 1, 1956(1956-08-01)
Age	68
Birthplace	Ballynacargy
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Westmeath
Horoscope	Leo

Willie Penrose Biography

Willie Penrose is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 1, 1956 in Ballynacargy, County Westmeath, Ireland. Penrose was born in Ballynacargy, County Westmeath in 1956. He received his education at St. Mary’s CBS, Mullingar; Colaiste Mhuire, Mullingar; Multyfarnham Agricultural College; University College Dublin (UCD) and The King’s Inns. At UCD the student studied Agricultural Science, graduating in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree. following graduation, along together with a friend who was also an agricultural consultancy company in Mullingar. In 1986, he accepted the role as advisor to Minister of State of the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Tourism Michael Moynihan. He resigned from the consultancy for agricultural purposes in order to fulfill this role.

in 2002 Penrose had a run for the position of deputy leader in the Labour Party. While he was on the joint ticket of Pat Rabbitte, who won the leadership easily Penrose was narrowly defeated to be the deputy leader to Liz McManus, polling 1,636 votes against McManus’s 1,728 votes.

On 10 March 2011, he was appointed as Minister of State for Housing and Planning.

In February 2012, The Phoenix magazine contrasted Penrose who “eats at the PLP tables in the Dáil restaurant and is often seen chatting to Gilmore on the corridors” with two other backbenchers who lost the party whip, Tommy Broughan and Patrick Nulty, both of whom had been “banished” from the Labour parliamentary offices.

He was admitted as barrister in the year 1990, before he entered politics at the national level. At the general election in 1992 the first time he was elected as a Dail Eireann, a deputy in Westmeath. Westmeath constituency. In that election, it was the time that Labour Party won a record 33 Dail seats, which was which was not matched until the 2011 general election.

Willie Penrose Net Worth

Willie Penrose is one of the richest Politician from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Willie Penrose 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Willie Penrose (born 1 August 1956) is an ex- Irish Labour Party politician who has been the Chairman of the Labour Parliamentary Party since February 2016. He was the Minister of State in charge of Housing and Planning from March 2011 to November. He was an Teachta Dala (TD) in 1992 until 2020.

When he was elected in 1984 Penrose got a second chance to be elected on Westmeath County Council, and one year later Penrose ran in local elections, and was able to win an election to the Mullingar Lough Owel constituency by only six votes. In the local elections in 1991 Penrose was the top vote-getter within Mullingar Rural Area. Mullingar Rural Area.

On 15 November 2011, he announced his resignation as Minister of State, due to his opposition to the government’s decision to close Columb Barracks in Mullingar. Penrose said: “I understand and appreciate that significant efforts were made by my Labour colleagues in government, who fully understood the depths of my feelings in this regard, to resolve this matter, but to no avail.” He also resigned the Labour parliamentary party whip.

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