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| − | Feargal Quinn was born | + | Feargal Quinn was born November the 27th 1936. He is an indipendent member of the Seanad Éireann. He has also been active as a businessman and a television personality. |
== Political Career == | == Political Career == | ||
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== Education == | == Education == | ||
| − | Feargal Quinn was was educated in Newbridge College, and is a commerce graduate of University College Dublin. He also | + | Feargal Quinn was was educated in Newbridge College, and is a commerce graduate of University College Dublin. He also recieved three honorary doctorates from Irish education institutions (NCEA, National University of Ireland and the University of Dublin). |
== Notable Works == | == Notable Works == | ||
| − | Beside his career in politics, | + | Beside his career in politics, Faergal Quinn was also active in business and public Service. He is the founder of the Superquinn supermarket chain, of which he remains a non-executive president, after his family sold out their interest in August 2005. He also was chairman of the Interim Board for Posts and served as chairman of its successor An Post until 1989. From 1993 to 1998, he chaired the steering committee which oversaw the development of the Leaving Certificate Applied version. He currently chairs the IBEC-sponsored business committee on better regulation, Sensible Rules. In 2006 he was appointed an Adjunct Professor in Marketing at National University of Ireland, Galway. |
He served as president of EuroCommerce in 2006. | He served as president of EuroCommerce in 2006. | ||
| − | + | Faergal Quinn worked also on TV. In 2009, he cooperated with the creators of the six-part television series, Feargal Quinn's Retail Therapy. A second series aired in 2011 while a third series aired in 2012. In 2011, he fronted RTÉ's Local Heroes campaign in Drogheda, County Louth which an assembled team of experts to kick-start the local economy. It aired as RTÉ 1's six-part television series "Local Heroes". | |
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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[http://www.feargalquinn.ie/ Feargal Quinn official webpage] | [http://www.feargalquinn.ie/ Feargal Quinn official webpage] | ||
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