The country’s largest property website, daft.ie, has been ordered to block any discriminatory advertising from appearing on its website.

Daft Media returned to profit last year according to newly-filed accounts. Daft Media is the company behind the Daft.ie online property site.

The parent company of Daft.ie saw a huge surge in profits last year, with operating profit more than doubling in the 12 months.

Eamon and Brian Fallon, the brothers who established the daft.ie website, shared a €4.45m dividend windfall last year.

PRE-TAX profits at online media group Daft Media Ltd last year rose 12% to €2.4 million, the company’s latest filed accounts show.

Online media group Daft Media Ltd has won this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards.

THE company behind property website daft.ie increased its profits last year despite writing down a €1 million investment in the firm which operates community website boards.ie.