Donnybrook Fair sees 50% fall in pre-tax profits

THE latest accounts from Donnybrook Fair – the south Dublin supermarket and restaurant chain – have shown that the business had a 50% fall in pre-tax profits for its most recent financial year.

A pre-tax profit of €295,305 for the 12 months to the end of January last compared unfavourably with a profit of €611,808 for the previous year, according to the latest set of financial accounts that were lodged with the Companies Registration Office (CRO).

Operating profit for the year amounted to €432,119 – which was down from a figure of €759,978 at the end of January 2008.