Gerard O'Neill
Chairman
Gerard O’Neill is Chairman of Amárach Research. Gerard studied economics at the LSE before working at The Henley Centre for Forecasting in London. He then became business planning manager in An Post, before setting up Henley Centre Ireland. Subsequently re-named Amárach Consulting, the company became the first Irish agency to establish an overseas operation (in the UK). Subsequently, Research Solutions and Amárach Consulting merged to form Amárach Research in 2008. Gerard was previously chairman of the Marketing Society, and is a director of the Irish Direct Marketing Association. He is also a member of the Irish Taxation Institute's Strategic Policy Group, and was recently appointed to the external advisory board of UCD's Institute of Food & Health. He speaks and writes regularly on the business impact of economic and social change. He does his own blogging thing over at www.turbulenceahead.com
Email: gerard.oneill@amarach.com
Direct dial: 01 410 5200
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Pent Up Demand
Tue, 07 Sep 2010
Irish consumers have been forced to cut back on spending across many categories. But if the recession was over and jobs were secure, what would people’s spending priorities be once recovery was under way? Our latest omnibus survey in August …
Consumers Under Pressure
Thu, 02 Sep 2010
Our latest AIB-Amárach Recovery Indicator for August 2010 shows year-on-year improvements on most measures, but signs of some slippage on recent months:
Feeling the Pinch
Tue, 31 Aug 2010
It’s still tough out there for Irish consumers. Our latest omnibus has found that nearly one in four adults are finding that their household income is simply not sufficient to meet household expenses at the moment. The good news is …