Louis and Helen Fitzgerald gave themselves a four-fold pay increase last year to €1.9m as pre-tax profits increased by 21% at their Dublin-based pub and hotel group.

Louis and Helen Fitzgerald gave themselves a four-fold pay increase last year to €2.28m as pre-tax profits flowed once again at their Dublin-based pub and hotel group.

OWNER of landmark Dublin pubs Kehoes and the Stag’s Head Louis Fitzgerald, is planning to build a chain of hotels under his own name in the Dublin region.

TWO Japanese volunteers working with Special Olympics Japan lauded the warmth and helpfulness of Ireland’s volunteer workforce but expressed the wish that the organisation will continue to improve as it did on the second day of competition.