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The Team

In addition to individual specialisations, all of our team have undergone training in preparation and presentation of evidence at Oral Hearings and most have extensive experience of this – as well as negotiations with An Bord Pleanála for SID projects. All are active members of their relevant professional institutes and are also involved in third level education and research on their topics.

On a case-by-case basis, our in-house professional staff are augmented by retaining external specialists in areas such as hydrology, hydrogeology, climate & air quality, noise, building conservation, archaeology, specialised ecological disciplines, photomontage preparation and law (planning and environmental).  Through regular contact we can engage these specialists quickly and brief them efficiently.  This ensures that we can draw on the skills and expertise of leading practitioners in a time and cost effective manner.

Paul Fingleton

MSc, Director 

Is an environmental manager and  impact assessor who has experience on projects of varying scale and complexity for a wide range of public and private sector clients. He has particular experience in relation to large-scale industrial projects. Paul contributed to the preparation of the EPA’s Guidelines on the Information to be contained in Environmental Impact Statements and the accompanying Advice Notes on Current Practice in EIA.

David L'Estrange

MSc, BSc, Director 

David advises local authorities and Government bodies about environmental legislation, impacts, protection and management at various levels of strategic decision-making. He is recognised as the one of country’s foremost Strategic Environmental Assessment practitioners. David manages a team of environmental specialists and has led the delivery of hundreds of projects for various sectors (including land use, tourism, economic development, renewable energy, electricity transmission, transport, industry, water services, waste management, mining and community) on behalf of a wide range of clients, including government bodies and planning authorities.

Conor Skehan

BSc, MLArc

Conor one of our founders, has an unparalleled range of international and Irish experience. With a background in architecture and  landscape Architecture, he is a recognised authority on strategic planning, landscape management, visual impact assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment.  He has written a number of seminal guidelines in these areas and maintained a position as a leading academic in planning and impact assessment for over twenty years.  He is also an advisor to the UN on SEA.

Gael Gibson

B.Tech (TRP), MTRP, MIPI

Gael has over 20 years’ experience of working in project management, strategic and policy planning, development management, due diligence and feasibility studies. Gael has strong experience working as part of project teams in the development of large-scale development and infrastructural projects, including Strategic Infrastructure Development projects. 

Gael’s diverse range of project experience includes Renewable Energy, Transmission and Rail Infrastructure Projects. She has played a key role in a number of these projects from strategic planning advice, commercial site feasibility and acquisition. Gael’s experience also includes planning consent applications including planning application documentation, planning compliance, further information responses, appeal submissions and First Party appeal responses.”
 

Kasia Kozlowska

MSc, BSc

Senior SEA and AA Consultant and Tourism and Ecology Project Manager.

 

Kasia is a highly experienced environmental and carbon manager, working in a multidisciplinary team of environmental and planning professionals. She provides project coordination, project management assistance and environmental and ecological consultancy advice to government bodies, agencies and planning authorities. She has particular experience in the management of multiple Strategic Environmental Assessments and Appropriate Assessments of tourism-related plans and strategies, as well as overseeing the completion of ecological services provided by other team members. 

Karen Dylan Shevlin

MSc, BSc 

Karen has over 7 years’ experience working as an ecologist in a variety of capacities in Ireland and as part of international research projects. Her experience ranges from academic research looking at trophic structures, multi-species interaction dynamics etc. to consultancy work undertaking and reviewing assessments for government agencies and private sector clients. 
Karen has strong insights into ecological theory and the practical implication and impacts/effects to altering natural dynamics. These skills ensure that all of the baseline and detailed data gathered in the field is interpreted in a manner that is grounded in best scientific knowledge. 

Adele McGarvey

BSc

Adele liaises with the various government agencies and local authorities in order to compile the environmental baseline information that is used in Environmental Assessments and assists in the preparation of the various SEA, AA and SFRA related documentation

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