Mick Mulhern

Mick has over 22 years’ experience of working in the built environment sector between Dublin and London and is a qualified Town Planner and Urban Designer. He began his career working in the regeneration team for the London Borough of Haringey before joining the Greater London Authority to work for the Mayor of London in 2007. During this time Mick worked on multiple large-scale regeneration projects including the London 2012 Olympic Games and the regeneration of both Croydon and Tottenham. Mick then spent 5 years working for a Mayoral Development Corporation including setting up the Corporation and overseeing plans to deliver 25,000 new homes and a new HS2 rail station at Old Oak and Park Royal (OPDC). Mick left his role as Interim Chief Executive of OPDC in 2019 to return to Ireland where he worked as Director for Planning and Transport for South Dublin County Council. In this role Mick led the Council’s regeneration work at Clonburris, Tallaght, Adamstown and City Edge and he set up and oversaw the Council’s ambitious Cycle South Dublin Programme to deliver significant improvements in South Dublin’s transport network. In 2024 Mick took on the role of Assistant Chief Executive at Dublin City Council and as part of the corporate management team helps set the direction for the council and the city at large. Mick has lead responsibility for housing in the city including housing delivery; maintenance of the council’s 30,000 homes; and in the managing homelessness in the city.