Retail Forum Membership

List of the members in the Retail Forum.

• Arnold Dillon, Director, Retail Ireland
• Dr Oran Doherty, Operations Manager, Retail Ireland Skillnet
• Jean McCabe, Chief Executive Officer, Retail Excellence Ireland
• Tara Buckley, Director General, RGDATA
• Ian Talbot, Chief Executive, Chambers Ireland
• Jonathan McDade, Public Affairs Lead, Small Firms Association (SFA)
• Neil McDonnell, Chief Executive, Irish Small and Medium Enterprises
• Vincent Jennings, Chief Executive, CSNA
• Jim Curran, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, Irish Pharmacy Union
• Martin Markey, CEO, Hardware Association Ireland
• Paul Lyons, ECCO Distributors DAC
• Edel Clancy, Group Director of Corporate Affairs, Musgrave Group
• Aidan O'Connor, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Primark
• Rosemary Garth, Corporate Affairs Director, Tesco Ireland
• Emer McCarthy, Strategy and Ecommerce Director, Clydaville Investments Ltd
• Liam Hanly, Managing Director, Easons
• Mark Limby, Stores Director, Brown Thomas Arnotts
• Padraig Barry, Communications Director, ALDI Ireland
• Jack Layden, Basecamp Outdoor Store
• Richard Guiney, CEO, Dublin Town (BID)
• Gerry Light, ICTU Representative, ICTU
• Kieran O’Brien, Digital Business Ireland rep (Core Optimisation)
• David Curtin, CEO, .IE
• Cian Byrne, Bookselling Ireland Representative, Bookselling Ireland
• Finbarr Filan, Sligo BID
• Orla Allen, Director of Communications, Irish Petrol Retailers Association (IPRA)

• Brian Walsh, Retail and Locally Traded Enterprise Unit, D/Enterprise, Trade and Employment
• Fiona Curran, Economic Policy Unit, Economic Division, D/Taoiseach
• Ian Power, Principal Officer, Economic Division, D/Finance
• Damian O’Reilly, Senior Lecturer, Retail Management, TU Dublin
• Maria O’Brien, Acting Principal Officer, Further Education and Training Unit, D/Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
• Eimear Hayes, Employer Support Services, D/Social Protection
• Noel Sheahan, Principal Officer, Tourism Policy Unit, D/Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
• Les Carberry, Principal Officer, Circular Economy – Strategic Policy, D/Environment, Climate and Communications
• Claire Gordon, Principal Officer, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Unit, D/Health
• Gerry O’Brien, Principal Officer, Strategic Policy and Planning, Criminal Justice, D/Justice
• Michael Quinn, Director of Service, Waterford City and Co. Council (Local Government Management Agency Rep)
• Louise Purcell, Planning Policy and Legislation, D/Housing, Local Government and Heritage
• Anne Lanigan, Technology and Services Divisional Manager, Enterprise Ireland
• Padraic McElwee, Head of Enterprise, LEO Clare, Network of Local Enterprise Offices
• Padraic Jones, Chief Superintendent, Garda National Community Engagement Bureau

Marian Cassidy, Secretary to Forum, D/Enterprise, Trade and Employment.