Expansion ensures loss for top talent agency

Investments costs in expanding into new British and European markets resulted in Ireland’s best-known talent agency recording a loss last year.

The Dublin-based Lisa Richards Agency represents some of Ireland’s top creative artists, including Love/Hate stars Tom Vau-ghan Lawlor and Robert Sheehan.

New accounts show that the firm’s accumulated profits dropped by 17% from €395,922 to €327,171 in the 12 months to the end of June last.