Ward family Irish cinema firm boosts profits by 33%

Blockbusters including Batman v Superman and Dead Pool helped one of the cinema firms owned by the Irish Ward family to boost profits by 33%.

The new accounts filed by Irish Multiplex Cinemas Ltd show the business posted a profit of €1.28m last year, up from the €965,287 it posted in the previous year.

The firm is one of the Irish cinema firms operated by the Ward family who own the Savoy cinema in Dublin, as well as multiplexes in Dun Laoghaire, Athlone, Dundalk, Killarney and Ballymena.