McDonald’s supersize profits up 32% as Irish prove they’re still lovin’ it

FAST food remains very much the flavour of the day in Ireland with McDonald’s reporting a 32% rise in profits for last year.

Newly filed accounts for McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland show pre-tax profits for the year to the end of December 2007 increasing from €11.2 million to €15.7m.

Turnover for 2007 jumped to €92.4m from €85m while operating profit from continuing operations rose from €12.1m to €15.8m.