Profits triple at O’Mahony’s Booksellers

Sales of bestsellers including Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn and Joe Duffy’s Children of the Rising contributed to profits at one of the country’s largest independent booksellers almost tripling last year to €161,022.

New accounts for O’Mahony’s Booksellers show that the firm had the profit increase in spite of the book firm’s revenues dipping from €8.98m to €8.94m in ¦the 12 months to the end of February this year.

The firm operates outlets in Limerick, Tralee, Co Kerry, and Ennis, Co Clare, and the accounts show that the firm’s operating profits totalled €241,956 for the year.