Pre-tax profits at Galmoy Mines in Co Kilkenny fell by 40% to €11.23m in 2012.

Pre-tax profits at Galmoy mines in Co Kilkenny increased almost threefold to €18.9m in 2011.

PRE-TAX profits at Galmoy mines in Co Kilkenny last year decreased by 32% to €6.3 million as revenues tumbled by 60%, new figures show.

Galmoy Mines Ltd has been fined €100,000 after the death of one of its employees at a Kilkenny mine in 2007.