MCCUTCHEON HALLEY - Key Persons


Aida Vaisvilaite

Job Titles:
  • Planning Consultant
Aida is a Planning Consultant based in our Cork Office, bringing valuable experience from her previous role within a project management consultancy. With a focus on site appraisals & assessments, and planning reviews of residential and mixed-use developments, Aida is adept at navigating the intricacies of development planning.

Andrea McAuliffe

Job Titles:
  • Senior Planning Consultant
Andrea is a Senior Planning Consultant in our Cork Office. She manages medium to large scale projects for clients and proactively engages with different design teams to ensure a timely delivery and positive outcome on projects. Andreas experience covers a wide range of projects including residential, commercial/office, mixed use, retail, waste and tourism developments. Her experience also includes planning appraisals, planning applications, Strategic Housing Developments (SHD), Large Scale Residential Developments (LRD), Part 8 Developments, Development and Local area Plan Submissions, Section 5 Declarations, Planning Compliance and Enforcement, Site Research, Planning Appeals, Appropriate Assessment and EIA Screening Reports. Andrea has also been part of Oral Hearings and Judicial Review proceedings.

Anika Haget

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Executive Planning Consultant
Anika is an Executive Planning Consultant in our Dublin office and previously worked as a Planner with CWPA in Ireland, as well as for the internationally operating Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape office ADEPT from Denmark and a German planning and engineering consultancy. Anika has been involved in the preparation of planning applications for a variety of projects, from small housing developments and large residential estates including Strategic Housing Developments to industrial, commercial, education and agricultural developments. She also has experience in the preparation of planning policy submissions, site appraisals and assessments, Masterplans and first and third-party appeals.

Brian McCutcheon

Job Titles:
  • Director

Caroline Roche

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Executive Planning Consultant

Cian Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Planning Consultant
Cian is a Planning Consultant in our Dublin office, who joined the team in March 2024. He has significant experience in the preparation of site appraisals, planning applications, and accompanying reports, such as social infrastructure audits. Cian has also prepared detailed analyses of statistical releases, legal rulings, policy documents, and legislation.

Ciaran Dineen

Job Titles:
  • Planning Consultant

Ciarán McMahon

Job Titles:
  • Planning Consultant

Clodagh Ronan

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
  • Office & HR Administrator
Clodagh is an experienced recruitment consultant having worked throughout the UK and Ireland over the last several years, specialising in the development of recruitment plans for both in-house hiring managers and external clients.

Cora Savage

Job Titles:
  • Senior Planning Consultant
Cora is a Senior Planning Consultant in our Cork office. Cora holds an Honours Master's Degree in Planning and Sustainable Development, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Degree and a Professional Diploma in Education from University College Cork. Cora first joined MH Planning in 2014 as an intern before re-joining the company in 2016 as a Planning Consultant.

Emma Barry

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrator
  • Senior Administration Support

Ignatius Lo

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Executive Planning Consultant
Ignatius is an Executive Planning Consultant in our Dublin office. Ignatius previously worked as a Senior Planner & Technical Manager in both Ireland and the UK; also worked as a Retail Consultancy Executive with Knight Frank in Hong Kong (Asia).

Jim Keogan

Job Titles:
  • Retired
Jim Keogan (now retired) and Paula Galvin are appointed as Dublin-based members of the Leadership Team leading the company's Dublin expansion plans.

Larry Millard

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Operations
Larry is an Associate Director of Operations working across the business and has over 30 years of multi-disciplined business management experience. Having worked in the private sector for the duration of his career he has consistently delivered internal and external best-in-class service throughout Europe, the UK, and the USA in highly competitive and varied business sectors and corporate entities such as start-up, scale-up, SME, and established corporate organisations with turnovers ranging from 2m to 4bn.

Louise O'Leary

Job Titles:
  • Planning Manager

Mairead Sheehan

Job Titles:
  • Financial Administrator

Majella O'Callaghan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Planning Consultant

Martina Keenan Rivero

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
Martina is an Associate Director in our Dublin office with over 8 years planning experience in both public and private sector roles. She has a reputation for efficiently and effectively responding to issues as they arise throughout the planning process.

Matt Williamson

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Planning Consultant
  • Planning Consultant
Matt is a Graduate Planning Consultant in our Cork office, who recently joined the team in June 2022.

Michelle O'Shea

Job Titles:
  • Senior Planning Consultant
Michelle is a Senior Planning Consultant with over 11 years of experience having previously worked with a multinational environmental and planning consultancy firm in both Australia and the U.K. Michelle gained extensive knowledge overseas through her involvement in a wide variety of sectors ranging from residential, commercial, retail, tourism, leisure and energy. Michelle is a detail-orientated person and she sets a high standard of quality for others to follow. She is known for her proactive engagement with clients, design teams and competent authorities and addresses issues as they arise to avoid later delays.

Muireann Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Executive Planning Consultant
Muireann is an Executive Planning Consultant in our Cork Office having joined the company in December 2021.

Màiri Henderson

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute
Màiri is a Director in our Cork office, with over 22 years of planning and housing experience. She has 20 years' experience in the private sector successfully delivering planning consents, negotiating Part V housing agreements, coordinating the delivery of reports for Environmental Impact Assessments and providing strategic advice on housing and planning policy. Màiri is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Chartered Institute of Housing. She provides focused and steady guidance on complex development projects, from framing a supportive policy context through project inception, navigating the planning and environmental consent process and supporting clients in meeting compliance requirements to deliver successful and viable developments.

Orla O' Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Paula Galvin

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Irish Planning Institute 's Policy
Paula is a director in our Dublin office and has over 20 years of experience in successfully delivering both planning and environmental consents. She aims to provide clear advice on realistic outcomes to clients and to deliver direction on the best approach to take in an increasingly complex planning system. Paula is a member of the Irish Planning Institute's Policy and Research Committee and the Institute of Environmental Assessment (IEMA) in these positions Paula seeks to shape the direction of planning and environmental policy in Ireland.

Rachel Condon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
Rachel is an Associate Director in our Dublin office and previously worked in Planning in Sydney, Australia.

Saoirse Kavanagh

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Executive Planning Consultant
Saoirse is an Executive Planning Consultant in our Cork office and previously worked as a Planner in Dublin.

Schalk Van Heerden

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Executive Planning Consultant
Schalk is an Executive Planning Consultant and GIS Coordinator in our Cork office and previously worked as a Senior Consultant in Dublin.

Susan R. Cullen

Job Titles:
  • Director

Tom Halley

Job Titles:
  • Director
Tom is a Director in our Cork office and has over 22 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Before joining McCutcheon Halley, Tom worked in the Cork County Council's Planning Policy Unit where he played a key role in developing local planning policy as well as working closely with the Department of the Environment in the preparation of national planning guidelines.