Feargal Quinn (27 November 1936 – 24 April 2019)[1][2] was an Irish businessman, politician and television personality.
He lived in the Baily area of Howth near Dublin, near the former head office of the Superquinn chain at Sutton.
He is a former President of EuroCommerce, the Brussels-based organisation which represents the retail, wholesale and international trade sectors in Europe.
In 2009, he worked with independent shops and helped them to revamp, modernise and stave off stiff competition from multi-national retailers.
It aired as RTÉ's six-part television series, Feargal Quinn's Retail Therapy.
It aired as RTÉ 1's six-part television series, Local Heroes – A Town Fights Back.
Following the publication of the Bill, the Government announced that it had decided to "discontinue" the requirement for Irish Water customers to produce their PPS number.
Quinn was one of the co-founders and was a driving force behind Democracy Matters – a civil society group that was formed to oppose the Government's plans to abolish Seanad Éireann.
In May 2013, with Senators Katherine Zappone and Mary Ann O'Brien, he introduced the Seanad Bill 2013 to reform the system of electing the elected members of Seanad Éireann (as provided for in Article 18.10 of the Constitution of Ireland) through a one-person, one vote franchise.
Quinn was the recipient of five honorary doctorates from education institutions (including NUI Galway in 2006), a papal knighthood along with a fellowship and the French Ordre National du Mérite.