Ronan Lyons, Professor in Economics, Trinity College Dublin:

Ronan Lyons is a Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin. His research on housing and economic history has been published in leading scientific journals. He enjoys teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level and has developed two online modules for the public, on property markets and Ireland’s long-run economic development. He contributes actively to housing policy issues, having served on the Ireland’s Housing Commission and as a consultant to the IMF, and to national and international media on Irish housing and the broader economy. He is the author of the Daft.ie Reports and Brittle, How the Housing Crisis is Breaking Ireland – and How to Fix It.

Robert Watt, Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin City Development Company:

Robert Watt is the Chift Executive Offier of the Dublin Regeneration Authority.

Previously, Robert spent ten years as Secretary General in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. With the Department of Finance, he managed the budget and estimates process. During this period Robert was one of the principal advisers to the Government on economic, budgetary and financial policy issues. He was centrally involved in the management of the Troika Programme. 

Robert is an economist and has experience in both the public and private sectors. He has worked in several roles within the Department of Finance as well as previously working as an Economic Consultant and a Lecturer. He has been a member of numerous boards including the board of the NTMA and the Economic Management Council. He is currently a Board member of the Football Association of Ireland. 

Michael Horan, Head of Land and Property Services, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (MetroLink):

Michael has over 20 years experience in property acquisition, appraisal, valuation and infrastructure delivery across national roads, greenways, and light rail/metro projects in both the private and public sectors. He is head of TII’s Land and Property services division, managing annual property programmes, national frameworks, project case-making, governance and stakeholder engagement across land acquisition processes.

Michaal is a strategic negotiator and project advisor overseeing statutory documentation, compulsory purchase processes and complex stakeholder agreements with state and private entities.
He is a chartered surveyor (MSCSI, MRICS) and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb); also, a part-time lecturer at Technological University Dublin (Property Economics)