Merrion pre-tax profits rise to €1.6m

One of the best known five-star hotels in the country, the Merrion Hotel in Dublin, last year increased pre-tax profits by 7% to €1.6m.

This followed revenues at Hotel Merrion Ltd increasing by 6% from €15.32m to €16.25m in the 12 months to the end of October last year.

The Merrion is the hotel of choice for representatives of the troika when they arrive in Dublin to oversee the State’s finances and more recently was the Dublin base for Bruce Springsteen.