Dorgan Associates provides management and economic consultancy to clients in the private and public sectors both in Ireland and abroad. The firm provides a wide range of services in the areas of public sector economics, programme and policy evaluation, cost benefit analysis, sectoral studies and economic and social research.

Dorgan Associates (incorporated as Curtin Dorgan Associates) was established in 1988 by Jim Dorgan, BA, MBA, Dip. Gov.

A graduate in both economics from the National University of Ireland, Dublin, and business administration from Columbia University, New York, Jim Dorgan combines skills in economic and financial analysis. These have been enhanced during a period of 25 years' experience as a consultant. He has directed or worked on all of the assignments listed in this site. These include studies for a variety of organisations including private sector enterprises, Government departments, state companies, financial and industrial organisations and trade associations. Abroad, during the past few years he has worked on the EU’s TACIS, MEDA, CARDS and PHARE (i.e. technical assistance) programmes in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He has carried out a range of assignments for committees of the Irish Houses of Parliament over the years 1988 to date. Indeed his experience in that sector is probably unrivalled in this country. He has also worked for the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme. For ten years he lectured part time at Irish Government's Institute of Public Administration in Dublin. He served for seven years as a director of the state owned Irish Steel Company and five years as a director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He was also a member of the Economics and Taxation Committee of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation during 1994-2000. Currently he holds a number of private company directorships