David Hall (campaigner)

David Hall is an Irish businessman, campaigner for mortgage holders and the interim CEO of the suicide charity Console.

Hall is a businessman who owns and runs the Lifeline ambulance service.[1] He founded the Make a Wish Foundation Ireland in 1992, and also served as chairman of the Marie Keating Foundation.[2] In 2010 Hall founded New Beginnings along with lawyers Ross Maguire and Vincent Martin, to campaign and fight for those in mortgage arrears, he left it due to its moving to providing a service on a commercial basis rather than be an advocacy group[3] and in 2012, David founded the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation.[4]

Hall studied at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth where he was elected Students Union, Vice-President (alongside Vincent Martin who was SU President) in 1990.[5]

In 2013, he unsuccessfully took the government to court over the issuing and payment of promissory notes, which he appealed to the Supreme court.[6]

Hall unsuccessfully ran as an Independent in the 2014 by-election in Dublin West.[7]

After controversies over its founder and CEO Paul Kelly, the board of Console appointed Hall as its Interim CEO.[8]

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. [9]

References

  1. Welcome Note www.lifeline.ie
  2. Throwing a lifeline - Profile David Hall by Ian Kehoe, Sunday Business Post, November 10, 2013.
  3. New Beginning Mortgage to Rent scheme failure The Journal, December 1st, 2014.
  4. Our Team Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation
  5. History Maynooth Students Union
  6. TDs Flanagan Daly Wallace and Collins keen to join supreme court promissory note apeal
  7. Dublin West By-election 2014 www.electionsireland.org
  8. Court grants access to storage unit linked to former Console boss www.rte.ie, 30 June 2016
  9. London Gazette, 13th October 2017.
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