The couple who own some of Ireland’s best-known pubs, including Kehoes and The Stag’s Head in Dublin, shared a bumper pay-packet of €6.8m last year.

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.

THE pub, restaurant and hotel group run by Louis and Helen Fitzgerald recorded a pre-tax loss of €50.4 million last year following a property write down of €53.3m.

IN the Stag’s Head pub they raised glasses in thanksgiving as the news came through.