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MICK WALLACE, IRELAND South MEP has said that he made a “mistake” by failing to declare to the European Union that he has a financial interest in relation to his role as a company advisor.
Wallace said that he earns somewhere in the region of €53 per month for giving advice to the directors of Wallace Calcio LTD, which is a company he was formerly a director of, before becoming bankrupt in 2016.
He denied that his involvement with the company presents a “conflict of interest”.
Speaking on South East Radio, Wallace said that it was an “oversight” that he had not declared the financial interest, and that he “rectified” the mistake when it came to light.
He also said that his claim in a recent TikTok video that he owned three wine bars in Dublin was “inaccurate”.
“I don’t know who owns them, the banks sold them to investors, the three bars are owned by three different investors, I have never met any of them,” Wallace said.
He said that he made the false claim because thought he “shouldn’t” feel that he owns the bars, but that he feels as though he “built them”, although he has since lost is shareholding in the company that operates the bars.
Wallace hit out at “the media” for covering the TikTok video, which saw him make an appeal for plans to place cancer warnings on alcohol to be scrapped. He also said that his financial statement on the Dáil record is in proper order.
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Moscow Mick. The champagne socialist who rails against the west and capitalism yet he’s a failed bankrupt who owns three wine bars. A stooge for dictatorships across the world. You couldn’t make it up!
@David Wool: and hid mate ms Daly is also a fan of Mr putin
@David Wool: don’t forget the cheateau and vineyard..
@David Wool: he was probably on that refugees welcome march too
Ahhh mick.me old flower… nobody anywhere believes anything you say any more…
Best you heat east and live in Russia where you can become the putin fanboy you always wanted to be……
@David cotter: Did anyone ever believe him, David ….
@Anne Busher Collins: ahh…meh….. he had some good ideas at the beginning But greed and power went to his head…now his a laughing stock across the continent….
@David cotter: Mick challenges the status quo and isn’t afraid to go against the virtuous left. It’s refreshing to hear a different side at times.
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: ciaran stop…just stop..nobody want to here that imperialist deluded crap mick spouts….I’m all for taking on the left and I’ve contemp for the status quo ,micks not the man
@David cotter: Emm. What about all the contractors who were left owed thousands when his construction business went bust
@David cotter: did he ever pay the money he owed his works and the tax Man….
@Dave Ryan: I think DJ Carey is paying it for him !!!!
Wouldn’t trust that man under any circumstances
A sloppy embarrassment of the bertie ahern ilk.
Mick , you make pour decisions but you are here for the right riesling, sip happens but how Merlot can you go? Don’t worry, where there’s a wine there’s a way.
The greatest joker in the pack. His membership of the EU Parliament give him the platform to really make an ass of himself. You do not see him rushing to give interviews to Irish media. Just buy a one way ticket to Moscow and go forward as a candidate for the Kremlin.
Ireland deserves better than this yob who cares only about himself.
It’s all right Mick!, sur aren’t you only doing what the rest of them are doing. Lesson learnt.
Beggars belief who votes for this guy
Can anyone narrow down the dates in which the next elections for MEP’s are due (2024)? The next Dail general election is due by the latest March 2025. So if Wallace fails to get re-elected as an MEP, there is a possibility that he could run for TD again, unless an early general election is called. Considering who the Irish public have frequently or repeatedly re-elected to the Dail, I wouldn’t rule out Wallace’s opportunistic political career being ended anytime soon.
Absolute cowboy
Nothing changes. They are all the same
He’d be all over someone else if they did the same but just fobbing it as a ‘mistake’ by himself. When will folk cop on to the fact he’s a liar and scammer.
Nothing changes. They are all the same
Maybe take Bertie on for the park.
Make great TV for all the licences holders
Nothing changes. They are all the same
@Michael Phillips: You can say that again.
A Leopold never changes his spot’s
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