Education
He graduated from Queen"s University Belfast with a degree in Physics in 1972.
dentist politician senator of Ireland
He graduated from Queen"s University Belfast with a degree in Physics in 1972.
McAleese played Gaelic football for the Antrim Minors and was captain of the team in 1969. He moved to Dublin the same year and trained there as an accountant with Stokes, Kennedy, Crowley chartered accountants. He later worked as financial controller for an Aer Lingus subsidiary, but in 1980 returned to full-time education at Trinity College, Dublin, to train as a dentist.
He subsequently practiced as a dentist in Crossmaglen and Bessbrook, County Armagh.
These actions did not take place without controversy, but have been widely viewed as instrumental in bringing loyalist paramilitary groups to peace talks. In May 2011, McAleese was appointed as a Senator by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
In August 2011 he was appointed the Chancellor of Dublin City University, taking over from David Byrne. On 1 February 2013, McAleese announced his intention to resign his seat.
He was the Chairman of the Inter-Departmental Committee which was set up by the Irish Government to investigate the Magdalene laundries.
His findings have been criticised by survivors and researchers from the Magdalene Names project On Friday 18 – Saturday 19 October 2014, McAleese attended the One Young World Summit in Dublin, Ireland as a keynote speaker. Here, he hosted a special session for the One Young World Peace and Conflict Resolution Project alongside former Ulster Defence Association (UDA) prisoner Jackie McDonald and former Irish Republican Army (Ireland Republican Army) prisoner Sean Murray.
They addressed young people from 191 countries to share and develop ideas to strengthen efforts at conflict resolution in their own countries.