The ICSH Finance & Development Conference was held on 25-26 October at the Lyrath Hotel in Kilkenny, with over 250 delegates in attendance. Speakers from Ireland and overseas challenged our current policies and offered solutions to develop our thinking on housing affordability, cost, scale, and innovation and delegates probed the discussion and offered insightful commentary at what proved to be a very successful conference. You can follow last week’s discussion on Twitter by searching for #ICSH2018.
The full conference brochure and programme can be downloaded here.

Conference Presentations
Financial Landscape for Delivery
- Eddie Casey, Chief Economist & Head of Secretariat, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
- Cormac Murphy, Head of Group Office for Ireland, Dublin at European Investment Bank
New Joint Ventures in Financing and Delivery
- Sean O’Connor, CEO, Túath Housing Association
- Jim Baneham, Housing Agency
- Henrietta Podd, Director, JCRA
- Declan Murray, Head of Investor Relations, Cairn Homes
Learnings from New Financial Models
- Sharon Cosgrove, CEO, Oaklee Housing
- Cathal Callan, Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Clúid Housing
- Bjorn Mallants, Director of VVH (Flemish Housing Federation, Belgium)
Financing Special Needs and Sustainability
- Martina Smith, CEO, Housing Association for Integrated Living (HAIL)
- Jackie Bonfield, CEO, Mid West Simon Community
- Turlough O’Brien, CEO, Tinteán (Carlow Voluntary Housing Association)
Facilitating New Delivery
- Aidan O’Reilly, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
- Stella McKervey, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
- Brian Quinn, Development Manager, Irish Water
Achieving Standardisation Within Financial Processes
- Noel Delaney, Partner, Audit and Assurance, Grant Thornton
- Sean Cremen, Head of Treasury, Housing Finance Agency
- Eoghan O’Neill, Senior Manager, Corporate Banking, AIB
Asset Management and Financial Commitments
- Joe McGuiness, Director of Housing, Louth County Council
- Neil Bolton, Company Director, Bolton Dowling Partnership
- Susanna Lyons, Head of Regulation, Housing Agency Regulation Office
Cost Efficient Systems and Delivery of Affordable Housing
- Gene Clayton, CEO, The Iveagh Trust
- David Rainey, Business Development Manager, Adston Construction (Modular Housing)
- Marten Lilja & Cattis Carlén, Riksbyggen (Sweden)
Financing for Land, Regeneration and Energy Options
- Darach O’Connor, Senior Executive Officer, Dublin City Council
- John Coleman, CEO, Land Development Agency
- Lar Burke, New Housing Manager, Gas Networks Ireland
Some Conference Photos









