Profits at McAfee’s Irish arm rise 7% to €25m

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish unit of US security software developer McAfee increased last year by 7% to €25m.

In accounts filed with the Companies Office, the Cork-based McAfee Ireland Ltd reported that revenues also rose 7% to €419.86m in 2014.

The accounts show that McAfee, which has its head office for its Europe, Middle East and Africa operations in Cork, increased its payroll numbers last year to 338 people from 332 a year earlier.