Publican’s profits double to €1.18m

Pre-tax profits at the flagship pub and restaurant business operated by Declan O’Regan last year almost doubled to €1.18m.

Accounts for 2013 filed by Mr O’Regan’s Telfer Ltd, which operates Hogans pub and L’Gueuleton restaurant on Dublin’s South Great George’s St, show the firm increased its pre-tax profits by 83% last year, from €642,113 to €1.18m.

Mr O’Regan is a brother of the late entrepreneur and publican Hugh O’Regan.