Profits at Amazon’s Irish unit treble

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish arm of online retailing giant amazon.com jumped threefold to €3.8m last year as revenues more than doubled to €112.6m.

Accounts just filed with the Companies Registration Office show pre-tax profits at Amazon Data Services Ireland Ltd (ADSIL) rose by 250% from €1.26m to €3.8m in the 12 months to the end of December.

This follows the firm’s revenues increasing by 109%, or €69m, from €53.6m to €112.6m.