Bronagh D’Arcy is Deputy CEO/& Director of New Business & Development at Túath Housing. Having graduated with a degree in Housing from the University of Ulster at Magee, a Diploma in Management and Chartered Membership of the CIH she has worked both north & south of the border and has over 25 years’ experience in the sector. This experience is mainly in the delivery of new homes, while working in partnership with a range of stakeholders & through various procurement options. Bronagh has worked with Túath for over 10 years and during this time has seen the Association grow to become the third largest AHB in Ireland.

Rachel is a graduate of UCD, with a Bachelors of (Civil) Engineering and Masters in Regional and Urban Planning. She is currently Director of Planning with An Bord Pleanála, having previously worked as Senior Planner with both Fingal County Council and Meath County Council. Rachel has, over the last twenty years, experience in various planning authorities, An Bord Pleanála and in the private sector. Rachel is a member of the Irish Planning Institute, and one of its past-presidents, as well as a former member of Comhar, the National Partnership for Sustainable Development and current Chair of the Management Board of the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

Killian is Director of Development at Invesco Real Estate, a global investment manager with €81bn of real estate assets under management. With over 25 years of real estate experience, he oversees the delivery of Build-to-Rent, student housing and mixed-use developments across Ireland, UK and the Nordics. Graduating with a BSc Estate Management from University of Greenwich and elected a member of the RICS, he trained as a valuer and worked in commercial agency before focussing on development. During 14 years at St Modwen Properties PLC, he led major planning applications and managed complex UK town centre regeneration projects incorporating residential, retail, hotel, leisure and office uses. Since joining Invesco Real Estate in 2017 (Dublin based since 2020), Killian has overseen delivery of 3,200 residential units across the UK, Ireland and Denmark involving direct development, forward sale and forward funding deal structures.

Sharon Cosgrove is CEO of Oaklee Housing, a Tier 3 AHB with over 1,200 units. Sharon is also a

member of the Senior Management Team of Choice Housing Group based in Northern Ireland.

Sharon joined Oaklee Housing as CEO in May 2016, having previously held a number of senior roles

including CEO of the Asthma Society of Ireland and CEO of Sonas Housing. Sharon led a wide range

of regeneration and housing programmes in South Dublin and in Bristol City.

Sharon has a B.Sc. in Environmental Health, a MA in Housing Studies and a Professional Diploma in

Business Finance.

Since joining Oaklee, Sharon’s focus has been on expanding the development programme and

leveraging new sources of finance. In December 2017, Oaklee reached financial close on a €50m

facility with German Bank Nord/LB, which will be used to finance acquisitions of social housing. In

September, Oaklee Housing as part of a consortium with Choice Housing, Sisk and Macquarie (known

as Comhar Housing) were announced as preferred bidder on Social Housing PPP Bundle 1.

John Downey is the Managing Director of DOWNEY, a leading multi-disciplinary practice of Town Planners, Architects, Landscape Architects and Project Managers. John is a chartered town planner with over 25 years’ experience in planning & development within both the private and public sectors providing multi-disciplinary services to all areas within the property market from feasibility right through to on-site completion.

John is a specialist in development critiques, planning procedures and the procurement of all planning applications through the various planning processes including S.34 applications, SID applications, and the SHD (Strategic Housing Development) procedure. He has lectured in both the School of Planning and the School of Real Estate in DIT, Dublin on all planning matters.

Through his firm based in Merrion Square, John has represented several large housebuilders, development funds, estate agents, and legal firms, whilst also doing work for planning authorities including Housing Strategies including recently Laois CC and Galway CC.

He has also been heavily involved within the profession itself within advisory roles to Government including advising The Oireachtas (2014) and The Department of Finance (2015). He was part of the Advisory Group for the National Planning Framework (2017) and was on the expert panel for the formulation of the Design Standards for New Apartments - Guidelines for Planning Authorities (March 2018).

He is currently a serving Board Member on the ECTP-CEU (European Council of Spatial Planners) and was a former Chair of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Ireland, in addition to being the first Irish delegate elected as a corporate member of the General Assembly of the Royal Town Planning Institute in London.

Brendan Slattery is the Head of Planning and Environment at McCann FitzGerald LLP, where he and the team have supported developers on the planning process for every type of residential development. He has helped to deliver many 1,000s of units, reviewing applications before submission, defending permissions from legal challenge and securing delivery.

Niamh joined Summix in 2016 to drive the firm’s expansion in the student accommodation and PRS sectors where she is responsible for all aspects of origination and execution of investments. Niamh is also a board member at Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity providing housing and support for young people in London, Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East. Prior to Summix, Niamh founded and ran NOC Consultancy, an independent advisory firm to property investors, developers and construction companies. She was previously the Head of Business Development and co-owner of TPI Limited, a UK based Project Management firm and Quantity Surveyor. Niamh started her career in the construction industry in the Cayman Islands. She holds a BA (Hons) in French Literature from University College London.

Gary joined Hines in 2014. Gary has over 14 years’ experience in real estate in numerous markets, managing large-scale design teams on a number of significant urban planning and rejuvenation development projects. As Managing Director, his main focus is on a new Build to Rent residential platform which includes the Cherrywood Town Centre development in Dublin's south suburbs and former Player Wills factory in Dublin 8 . He assists Brian Moran with the leadership and coordination of the Hines Ireland platform, and coordinates new business activity. He spent 3 years managing a dedicated real estate team for European retailer Lidl GmbH in order to roll out new retail stores across Ireland. Gary has also worked for global developer Treasury Holdings where he managed a multi-billion euro development portfolio with projects in Ireland, Russia and Sweden. Gary graduated from University College Dublin’s Smurfit Business School in 2005 following his Undergrad Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.

Donald is a multi-disciplined real estate professional with 21 years wide-ranging experience including property design & development, capital markets, disposals and property management; real estate lending; financial accounting and auditing. Donald is a member the Hooke & MacDonald team that has advised on over €2.5bn in residential development & investment transactions over the past 6 years and currently manages over 2,500 houses and apartments across the Greater Dublin Area for institutional clients. Donald is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland, has a Masters in Planning & Development and is an Executive Board member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) in Ireland; an active member of the ULI European Urban Regeneration Council; and is a member of the Planning & Development Committee of Property Industry Ireland (PII).

In September 2021, Bob Jordan was appointed CEO of The Housing Agency. Bob has a strong leadership record in the housing sector. Before joining The Housing Agency, he was the National Director of the Housing First programme, which is a key part of the Government’s response to long-term homelessness. During 2016-2017, he was Special Adviser to the former Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. And prior to that, Bob was Chief Executive of the national housing charity Threshold for nearly a decade. He is a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science & Software Engineering) graduate of Trinity College Dublin and holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from Dublin City University.

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, where my primary research areas are housing markets, urban economics, and economic history. I am particularly interested in long-run housing markets, in order to better understand current housing experiences such as rapidly increasing housing costs in many high-income cities. You can find out more about my research either here or at my profiles on RePEc or Google Scholar. In addition, I am a Research Associate at the Spatial Economics Research Centre in LSE and author of the Daft.ie Reports on Ireland’s sale and rental housing markets. I am also a Board member of the HEA, Honorary Secretary of SSISI, and on the organising committee of DEW.

I am an active contributor to the policy debate, especially on the topic housing in Ireland. Most of the articles I publish either in my weekly column for the Sunday Independent or as commentaries for the Daft.ie Report are subsequently archived here. I am also engaged by a number of organisations each year, private and public, for public speaking or for bespoke consultancy. If that is of interest, please contact me. Students looking for materials relating to modules I teach should look for the relevant module on mymodule.tcd.ie.

With the Trinity Online Education team, I also run an online course in the Economics of the Property Market. The course is aimed both at professionals, including policymakers, who work day-to-day with housing but who may not have the economics background, and at the general public.

Martin is Chief Commercial and Development Officer at Tuath with responsibility for leading on the association’s development programme, sourcing and delivering new homes for the provision of social and affordable homes nationally. He oversees and manages the development pipeline with a focus on new business, maintaining and establishing working relationships with key stakeholders. Martin holds a BSc (Hons) in Urban Planning and Property Development from the University of Ulster in Jordanstown (UUJ), a Diploma in Housing Studies and a Diploma in Management and has been a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) since 2015. Martin has significant experience in the development and delivery of housing having worked within the social housing sector for more than 10 years. Throughout this time Martin has had a significant involvement in the growth of Tuath as an organisation and has vast experience in all forms of housing delivery.

Pat Farrell is CEO of Irish Institutional Property (IIP), the voice of internationally backed institutional property investors in Ireland. The mission of IIP is to promote the development of a sustainable world class real estate sector in Ireland which benefits members, the economy, communities and wider society. IIP members manage c.€20bn of Irish property, directly employ almost 6,000 people, indirectly employ a further 23,000 people and IIP tenant companies employ more than 36,000 people. Through these investments IIP members have become critical enablers of Irish economic development and growth. IIP’s twenty-one members include four of the largest 20 stocks on Euronext Dublin (formerly known as Irish Stock Exchange)

Conor is a career banker with over 30 years experience in both Irish and International Financial Services Institutions. Throughout this time he has held a number of senior roles, including that of Director of Banking, Chief Credit Officer and HR Director. He has extensive property experience, both from a Banking and Investment perspective. A graduate of University College Galway, Conor holds degrees in both Law and Economics.

Deirdre Foley is the CEO and owner of D2 Private. Her business focus is working with investors to deliver exceptional commercial mixed use developments and refurbishments, incorporating technology and targeting best in class ESG and Net Zero Carbon credentials. She is one of Ireland’s most successful financiers and real estate professionals with over 25 years’ experience in real estate investment and development. She has also been recognised as one of the top 50 women in property in the UK throughout two UK property cycles and is highly regarded and respected within both the British and Irish property industries. She is also a member of the GRI ESG & Impact Investment Global committee.

During her property career to date she has been directly and indirectly involved in the buying and selling of real estate assets and raising debt and equity of approx. £3.5 billion. She adopts an intensive, active, hands on management style to real estate investments, developments, leasing and tenant management, investor relations and banking relationships.

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, where my primary research areas are housing markets, urban economics, and economic history. I am particularly interested in long-run housing markets, in order to better understand current housing experiences such as rapidly increasing housing costs in many high-income cities. You can find out more about my research either here or at my profiles on RePEc or Google Scholar. In addition, I am a Research Associate at the Spatial Economics Research Centre in LSE and author of the Daft.ie Reports on Ireland’s sale and rental housing markets. I am also a Board member of the HEA, Honorary Secretary of SSISI, and on the organising committee of DEW.

I am an active contributor to the policy debate, especially on the topic housing in Ireland. Most of the articles I publish either in my weekly column for the Sunday Independent or as commentaries for the Daft.ie Report are subsequently archived here. I am also engaged by a number of organisations each year, private and public, for public speaking or for bespoke consultancy. If that is of interest, please contact me. Students looking for materials relating to modules I teach should look for the relevant module on mymodule.tcd.ie.

With the Trinity Online Education team, I also run an online course in the Economics of the Property Market. The course is aimed both at professionals, including policymakers, who work day-to-day with housing but who may not have the economics background, and at the general public.