Brendan (Barney) Reilly
Brendan started Eolas Money in 2009 with his friend and colleague Jim and heads up the personal financial planning side of the business. As a former Chairperson and current Board member of Financial Planners Ireland, Brendan is passionate about Financial Planning and the difference it can make to long-term financial outcomes for consumers, and has spent the last 15 years practising what he preaches!
Brendan is married to Ciara, and with his two daughters now in university has just recently become an empty nester. More time for community and sport!
Jim Stapleton
Jim is married to Trish and they have two sons, Paddy (7) & Jamie (3) and they live in Garryspillane, Co. Limerick. In between attending underage hurling, football and soccer with the boys, Jim is a rugby referee with Munster Rugby and is a Limerick GAA & Manchester United supporter. Jim leads the delivery of financial planning to our SME clients, advising business owners, their families and the business itself on various financial planning and wealth management strategies to maximise shareholders wealth.
Jim graduated from Waterford Institute of Technology in 2002 and completed his MSc. in Financial Planning via UCD in 2015. Jim is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and a member of Financial Planners of Ireland (FPI), the only organisation specifically formed to raise and promote financial planning standards within Ireland.