Mick Mulhern
Director of Planning and Transport, South Dublin County Council
Mick is a qualified Town Planner and Urban Designer with nearly 20 years’ experience. He spent a considerable amount of time working in London across a range of complex planning, regeneration, and development projects, including spending 12 years working for the Mayor of London in various roles including; interim Chief Executive of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation; a senior officer helping coordinate the Mayor’s response to the London Riots and associated programme of ‘Placemaking’ improvements in some of London’s most deprived locations of Croydon and Tottenham; as well as working as a planning and design officer on the preparation of plans for large development projects including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In 2019, Mick returned to Ireland to take on the role of Director of Planning and Transport in South Dublin County Council. Working on the Council’s Corporate Management Team, Mick is responsible for leading the Council’s plans to deliver a significant amount of growth across the Counties Strategic Development Zones and Regeneration lands at Adamstown, Clonburris, Tallaght, Fortunestown and the City Edge lands. Mick is also responsible for ensuring the County develops a sustainable transport network including leading delivery of the Council’s ambitious Cycle South Dublin programme and Placemaking improvements to the Counties network of Towns, Villages and Centres.
Mick will be chairing the Learning from Europe session on Thursday 27 April.