Dr. Cathal O'Donoghue B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A.(UCD), Ph.D (London School of Economics) cathal.odonoghue@nuigalway.ie Telephone: 353 91 493043 Location: Room 209, First Floor, St. Anthony's.

Dr Cathal O'Donoghue has studied at UCC, UCD, Oxford and the London School of Economics, taking degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics and Social Policy. Prior to joining the Department of Economics at NUI Galway he worked at the Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge for 6 years and previously at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin and as a Fast-Stream Civil Servant in the UK Government.

He is currently on leave from NUI Galway and is the Director of the Rural Economy Research Centre at Teagasc.

His research is mainly in the area of applied public economics, focusing on the impact of household sector, tax and social policy on poverty, inequality, work incentives and environmental pollution. In addition, this work has extended into labour economics, economic demography and environmental economics.