IPAV PRESS RELEASE |
12th MAY 2006 |
WELL KNOWN DUBLIN
AGENT IS NEW IPAV PRESIDENT |
| Well-known Dublin estate agent Seán Mason is the new President of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers. Mr Mason was elected at the recent AGM in the Dunraven Arms Hotel Adare, Co Limerick and he succeeds former President Willie Farrell |
| A native of Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Mr Mason was educated by the Christian Brothers where he was also a keen hurling enthusiast. Having taken an Arts degree at University College, Cork, he taught for 19 years firstly in Nenagh and later at Oatlands College, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin |
| In 1987 he set up Mason Estates which has grown and developed into one of Dublin’s largest agencies with nine offices in Dublin and Meath. In 1996, he set up Mason Financial Services which is one of the largest mortgage providers in the country. |
| Mr Mason was elected to IPAV’s National Council in 1996 and has served as Treasurer and Vice-President. |
| In his address to delegates in Adare, Mr Mason said he was delighted to announce that the Institute’s membership had broken the 800 barrier for the first time and was on target to reach 1,000 within a year. |
| “The success of our Institute can be gauged nowhere more clearly than from our fast increasing membership,” he said. “Over the last 35 years or so, IPAV has grown and transformed itself to become the very vibrant organisation it is today.” |
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| 12th May 2006 |
| For further information contact Liam O’Donnell on 087-2369343 or Tim Ryan on 087-2471423 |