Exports of Irish produce for use in McDonald’s restaurants throughout Europe increased by 25% in three years to €200m a year, the company disclosed yesterday.

McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland has announced an increase in its exports of Irish produce of €40m.

FAST food remains very much the flavour of the day in Ireland with McDonald’s reporting a 32% rise in profits for last year.

IRISH mothers have been playing a leading role in helping the McDonald’s fast-food chain produce healthier meals for children for more than a-year-and-a-half and are lovin’ it.

THE 150,000 customers who pass through the 75 restaurants in the McDonald’s chain in Ireland each day are now assured that only quality Irish beef is being served.

EVER since the Earl of Sandwich first ordered meat between two pieces of bread in 1765, people have been eating sandwiches.

THEIR menus might raise questions about diet and nutrition, but there is no doubting the health of their finances.

PRE-TAX profits at McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland jumped by 70% last year to €9.2 million, accounts filed with the Companies Registration Office reveal.