Revenues surge at Louis Fitzgerald group to €80m as underlying profits increase sharply

The group’s businesses include well-known Dublin City centre pubs Bruxelles, The Gin Palace, Grand Central and Quays Temple Bar

The Imperial Hotel in Cork is one of three hotels in the group. Picture: Denis Minihane

Pre-tax profits at the main firm behind the Louis Fitzgerald hospitality group last year dipped by 3.5% to €16.34m.

The pub, restaurant and hotel group owns the likes of Kehoe's and the Stag's Head in Dublin and the Imperial Hotel in Cork. New accounts filed by the group’s holding company, Burtse Ltd, show that the business's pre-tax profits declined marginally after revenues increased by 45% or €25m from €55.75m to €80.84m.