Thomas Wright, usually referred to by the nickname G.V., (born 3 August 1947) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician.
In his youth, Wright played Gaelic football for the Dublin county team and was an international basketball player and coach.
The Mahon Tribunal named him in its final report as one of a number of politicians who had received corrupt payments from property developers.
[3] In September 2003, as Wright drove home from Leinster House, he hit a female pedestrian at North Strand in Dublin causing multiple fractures to her leg.
[5] In March 2012, the final report of the Mahon Tribunal found that Wright received a £5,000 "corrupt" payment from Christopher Jones in November 1992 in relation to the Ballycullen/Beechill rezoning projects.