White seen as a safe pair of hands
ALEX WHITE’S elevation to the role of junior minister will leave Labour with a safe pair of hands in health, especially as the lawyer is viewed as one of Eamon Gilmore’s favourites.
The first-time Dublin TD, who grew up in Marino, north Dublin, carries the respect of both backbenchers and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore. Having practised as a barrister and specialised in employment law until now, he had been tipped as getting a ministerial position even when the Coalition was only being formed last year, after he gained a seat in Dublin South.
