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Patrick Doyle is the current Chair of the (SCSI). He is a lecturer in Irish politics and community development at the University of Limerick. His research focuses upon the history of co-operation, religion, and the moral economy. His book  was published by Manchester University Press and examines the movement鈥檚 role in the Irish state-building project.

Peter Couchman spent most of his working life in the co-operative movement. This included heading the , which supports rural communities to take control of the issues that matter to them, such as saving their shop or pub, building on the work of the Irish co-operative pioneer, Sir Horace Plunkett. He came to the post after having spent his career in the consumer co-operative movement,  where he was best known for helping to make Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op an internationally recognised example for engaging members and marketing its co-operative identity. He lives in North Tipperary.