Tom is a Town Planner and an Urban Designer (with a primary qualification in the History of Art, specialising in Architectural History). He formerly worked for the international firm of architects, Terry Farrell and Company in London, and for the Irish Architectural Archive. Tom has over 30 years’ extensive experience of all planning sectors gained throughout Ireland and overseas, and frequently operates as the “hands on” lead consultant for the planning phase of projects for key public and private sector clients. Tom is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy in UCD (where he lectures part-time since 1993), and is a Council-Member (and former Chairman) of Property Industry Ireland. Tom is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Fellow of the Irish Planning Institute. He holds a Master of Arts in Urban Design (1993) University of Westminster Master of Regional and Urban Planning (1989) UCD, and a Bachelor of Arts (1986) UCD. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning and Env. Policy, University College Dublin Council Member (and former) Chairman of Property Industry Ireland and a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute Fellow of the Irish Planning Institute