David Hall

Biography Hall grew up in Blanchardstown, County Dublin.

Hall studied at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth where he was elected as Vice-President and Welfare Officer of the Maynooth Students' Union in 1990.

In the 2000s Hall was involved in the gambling sector; Hall was a spokesperson for the Gaming and Leisure Association of Ireland until 2009 and was involved in Fitzwilliam Casino until 2014. and in 2012, David founded the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (IMHO).

In 2013, he unsuccessfully took the government to court over the issuing and payment of promissory notes, which he appealed to the Supreme Court of Ireland.

After controversies over its founder and CEO Paul Kelly, in 2016 the board of Console appointed Hall as its Interim CEO.

In 2017, Hall was appointed to the Venerable Order of St. John by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his charitable works and contribution to society. Also in 2017 Hall co-founded an approved housing body iCare Housing who provide social housing for people who cannot afford to provide a home for themselves.

Politics Hall was a member of Fianna Fáil until the collapse of the Celtic Tiger and the subsequent Irish bank guarantee of September 2008. Before that, Hall had campaigned for Fianna Fáil minister Brian Lenihan Jnr. During the campaign was involved in a blackmail scandal. Hall contacted the Gardai after a person contacted him and asked for €10,000 in exchange for not releasing a video clip of Hall speaking. The video clip, shot on a mobile phone in 2007, showed Hall saying ”everyone should have one”. Asked what he means, he says “blacks”. Hall stated that the clip was taken completely out of context and that the conversation was “banter between friends”.

Revenue tax default In 2016 whistleblowers accused David Hall and Life Line Ambulance Services of 'serious wrongdoing' and claimed unfair dismissal and were the first employees to ever win court protection under the whistleblower protection legislation Mick Dougan and Sean Clarke claimed they were made redundant for making a protected disclosure to Revenue about the company in January 2015.

In a November 2017 interview, Hall stated he was pro-choice in terms of abortion.