Property firm Savills tapped a late year-end surge of business following the British general election as it reported an improved profits update.

Profits at landmark Dublin pub Doheny and Nesbitt last year decreased by 18.5% to €237,782.

The firm which operates one of the country’s best known five-star hotels, Dromoland Castle last year recorded “an underlying profit” of €3.4m.

Profits at insurance companies have increased by more than 1000%, despite rising premiums for customers.

The chief executive of the Musgrave Group Chris Martin has announced his retirement today.

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish arm of online retail giant Amazon increased by 30.5% to €39.46m last year, as revenues also soared.

The firm behind Riverdance posted a drop of 45% in operating profits in 2017, new accounts show.

Pre-tax profits at the company which operates the Costa Coffee chain in Ireland and a string of KFC outlets here increased by 37% to €11.44m last year, accounts show.

First used as a broadcast tool to analyse decisions in Cricket, Hawk-Eye has now become an integral part of over 20 sports and every year covers 20,000 games or events across more than 500 stadiums in over 90 countries.

Sales of Limerick jerseys in the county’s All-Ireland winning run and best-selling Galway jerseys helped sportswear firm O’Neill’s to increase profits and revenues in 2018.

Revenues at the Irish-owned international nursing recruitment firm TTM Healthcare topped the €50m mark for the first time last year, despite profits falling by nearly 13%.

Pre-tax profits at the Irish branch of the football super agency Gestifute that represents Cristiano Ronaldo last year declined by 28% to €18.59m.

Operating losses at the Doonbeg golf resort in west Clare, owned by US President Donald Trump, almost halved to €330,030 last year, as revenues rose.

Revenues at Twitter’s Dublin base last year topped almost €2m a day as the company’s pre-tax profits increased marginally to €12.16m.

Publicly-quoted property investment fund Green Reit has said it views logistics and warehousing premises as being one of its main growth prospects in the future, after reporting an 11% jump in profit for a year which saw it focus more on office and warehouse investment and less on retail.

The operators of the €295m Rathcormac-Fermoy bypass in Co Cork last year recorded revenues of €318,418 per week.

Accumulated profits at the firm behind the renowned Ballymaloe House Hotel last year increased marginally to €2.24m.

Aer Lingus nearly doubled its profits to €104m in the first half of the year, new figures from parent IAG show.

Aer Lingus owner International Airlines Group (IAG) has warned that strikes in France are posing a challenge to its operations.

Accumulated profits at the independent production firm behind RTÉ ratings winner ’Operation Transformation’ last year increased by €82,157 to €429,026.

Profits at the owner of tickets.ie, the firm best known for selling GAA tickets online, dropped last year.

Irish Life has reported profits of €28m for the first three months of 2018.

Pádraig Hoare A bad week for Ulster Bank ended with it announcing first-quarter operating profits of €11m, down almost 66% on the €32m generated in the same quarter last year.

Oracle of Omaha made huge gains of 22% in 2017

The millions continued to roll in last year for the company behind the country’s best known nightclub, Copper Face Jacks, as accumulated profits at the firm soared to €72m.

Ryanair remains on track to land record annual profits, despite facing lower passenger growth and pilot costs of up to €100m following its flight cancellation fiasco.

Low fares regional airline Flybe has warned that first-half profits will be lower than expected, sending shares tumbling as higher maintenance costs compounded a tough airline market.

Profits and revenues at the Irish firm that controls the two US clothing stores, Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch, dropped for the third successive year.

Pre-tax profits at one of the largest meat processors in the country, the Arrow Group, last year increased by 53% to €37.73m.

The chief executive of KBC Bank Ireland has said its mortgage loan book is in better shape than may at first appear, and that a sizeable pile of impaired loans won’t stop it from eyeing Irish acquisitions.

Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of international distribution giant DHL have increased 53% to €2.47m, driven by its main international air freight business.

Costs associated with probes into corporate governance helped to damage profits at Independent News and Media, the group has said.

Accumulated profits at the marketing company owned by Irish international footballer Shane Long rose nearly €53,000 to €360,332 last year, new accounts show.

Harvey Norman’s Irish stores posted an overall operating profit last year after the Australian household goods retailer had accumulated huge losses of €120m in Ireland over several years during the economic crisis.

Katie Taylor was boxing clever outside the ring last year as accumulated profits at her firm passed the €1.4m mark. 

Saoirse Ronan’s star turn in awarding-winning Brooklyn has paid off for the young actor’s bank balance, with profits soaring over €430,000 at her entertainment firm.