Feargal Quinn
| Feargal Quinn | |
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| Senator | |
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In office 12 February 1993 – 27 April 2016 |
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| Constituency | National University of Ireland |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 November 1936 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Denise Quinn |
| Relations |
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| Children | 5 |
| Education | Newbridge College |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | www |
Feargal Quinn (born 27 November 1936) is a former Irish politician, businessman, television personality who served as a Senator for the National University of Ireland from 1993 to 2016.
Quinn was born in Dublin in 1936, and was educated in Newbridge College, and is a commerce graduate of University College Dublin. He is married to Denise Quinn, daughter of Ned and Grace Prendergast. They have five children and 18 grandchildren. He is a first cousin of Labour Party politician Ruairi Quinn and of Lochlann Quinn, former chairman of Allied Irish Banks (AIB).
He is the author of Crowning the Customer (O'Brien Press, 1990), which has been translated into many languages as well as Mind Your Own Business (O'Brien Press, 2013). He recently published his memoirs entitled "Quinnessential Feargal" (O'Brien Press 2016). He is the recipient of five honorary doctorates from education institutions, a papal knighthood along with a fellowship and French Order national du Mérite. He shared with Oprah Winfrey the 2006 "Listener of the Year" award of the International Listening Association.
He has had a career in both business and public service. He is the founder of Superquinn supermarket chain, of which he remained non-executive president for some years after his family sold out their interest in August 2005. Superquinn was known for its dedication to customer service and having pioneered a number of innovations, including Ireland's first supermarket loyalty card in 1993, SuperClub. It also introduced self-scanning of goods by customers in a number of its outlets (Reward Card SuperScan). Superquinn became the first supermarket in the world to guarantee the absolute traceability of all its beef from pasture to plate, using TraceBack, a revolutionary system developed at Trinity College, Dublin by IdentiGEN.
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