The firm behind one of Ireland’s best-known pubs, O’Donoghue’s on Merrion Row, Dublin, benefited from Taylor Swift concerts and Irish rugby matches as profits increased more than fourfold to €902,887 last year.
AIB shares fell yesterday, the first of a five-day trading period that will determine whether a €1.2bn deal to let taxpayers recoup cash from the bailed-out bank goes ahead.
Shares in Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) shot up as much as 30pc yesterday after the unit of Paul Coulson’s embattled Ardagh Group reported better than expected revenue for the first quarter.