Cathedral Financial Consultants Limited were recently unveiled as the new sponsors of the Louth senior football league. Barry Oliver, Director and Senior financial adviser with the company and son of Louth county board chairman Paddy, explains more. Cathedral Financial Consultants Ltd, which has offices in both Dundalk and Drogheda, recently underlined its support for Louth GAA by taking over as the new sponsors of the Louth senior football league. As a Co. Louth-based company, Cathedral Financial Consultants Limited are delighted to be in a position to support the local GAA scene and sponsor the Cardinal O'Donnell Cup which is one of the most sought-after prizes in Louth GAA each year and is currently in the possession of Cooley Kickhams who, in fact, have been senior league champions for the past three years. The Cooley peninsula club may have fared considerably well in the league in recent years and made it a hat-trick of Division 1 successes on October 26 last when they defeated county champions Newtown Blues by 1-7 to 0-8 at Clan na Gael. Gary Thornton's charges were full value for their victory considering they passed up on three glorious goal chances before Australia-bound Brian Donnelly scored the only goal three minutes from the end. Blues goalkeeper Mikey Harte was inspired form, denying David Thornton in the closing minutes of the first half, and he somehow kept out a Sean McDonald effort from point blank range nine minutes after the restart. In between, McDonald fired another good chance wide of the target. The second of those misses came when Cooley were still trailing by five points, 0-3 to 0-8, but thereafter they assumed almost total control of the midfield sector to such an extent that the Blues failed to score for the last 29 minutes of the contest. Still, they didn't start to edge their way back into proceedings until the final quarter when a three-point scoring burst at that stage turned out to be just as crucial to the final outcome as Donnelly's late winning goal. "Cathedral are proud and delighted to be the new sponsors of the Louth senior football league. We're looking forward to it and wish all the competing teams the best of luck for 2009," says Cathedral Financial Consultants Director Barry Oliver. "We have a very loyal support base in Louth and throughout the North-East, many of whom are GAA members and supporters, and this is our way of repaying that loyalty." Barry is no stranger to the GAA himself, being a son of Louth county board chairman Paddy Oliver. Paddy has served the position for the past four years, during which time his overseeing of the development of the Darver Centre of Excellence was arguably his finest achievement. A former player with St. Patrick's and their underage club Valley Rangers, Barry rejoiced in the Lordship club's senior championship victories of recent years. Cathedral Financial Consultants are independent financial advisors who, in partnership with their clients, help them to achieve sustainable financial security and growth. The company prides itself on providing a dynamic service, applying a wealth of experience and creativity, resulting in financial packages tailor-made to meet each individual client's requirements. Cathedral Financial Consultants strives singularly to achieve optimum customer care and satisfaction. Cathedral Financial Consultants is a relatively new company, being founded in 2003.    The Company is associated with KMR Accountants (Kearney, McArdle and McEneaney), which was established in Dundalk in 1941 and has grown to become one of the largest and most progressive independent accountancy and business advisory practices in the North East. John McDonnell Managing Director of Cathedral Financial Services was instrumental in the establishment of the company in 2003.  John is a qualified Financial Adviser and holds Diplomas in LIA Financial Planning and Pensions.   Consistent performance, integrity, honesty and a gift for straight speaking mean that John continues to successfully build and manage the company while retaining that personal touch which has seen Cathedral Financial Consultants go from strength to strength as more and more people and businesses realise the value to be gained from receiving the benefit of his knowledge and independent financial advice.    Cathedral Financial Consultants director John Kerr joined the company from AIB in 2005. John is member of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland, he has a solid and thorough understanding of the personal and commercial finance arenas. John worked with AIB for 30 years, enjoying an unrivalled reputation for his sharp awareness, widespread respect and trusted network of fellow financial professionals. He makes his high levels of expertise available to all Cathedral clients, with specific emphasis on residential/commercial mortgage lending and leasing, John's valued veracity offers clients the opportunity of a no fuss, yet firm direction on their personal financial journey. Speaking at the launch luncheon in the Boyne Valley Hotel, Cathedral Group chairman John McEneaney, a resident of Drogheda and staunch supporter of the New Town Blues for over 20 years, said: "Being a resident of Drogheda for most of my adult life, and knowing the growing and dynamic business environment Drogheda has been enjoying for years, we felt that it was imperative that we establish a strong presence to service the needs of the people of Drogheda.    "We believe that our brand of professionalism and unique approach to the provision of high quality financial services will be of benefit to the people of Drogheda and the surrounding areas." Mark Munro is Cathedral's senior financial adviser in Drogheda. He joined the company from Dolmen Stockbrokers, where he was employed as both Wealth Manager and Head of Equity Trading. Cathedral has another sister company in Bespoke Trustees Ltd, which was set up in 2006 to facilitate the set-up and ongoing self-administered pension schemes (SAPS) for its clients.   Bespoke is approved by the Revenue Commissioners to provide the services of corporate 'pensioneer trustee'. This independent company works with financial advisors to ensure clients are maximising the benefits available from their self-administered pension schemes. With Cathedral, confidentiality, professionalism and total discretion are assured in all dealings with them.    The company's two offices are located at 16 Roden Place, Dundalk and 20 Laurence Street, Drogheda and 13 staff are employed in the business. The latter office was opened last June, giving Cathedral a countywide presence. Tweet

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