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Profits surged above €1m at Wineport Lodge in 2023

The four-star Westmeath hotel paid out €394,231 to its directors Ray Byrne and Jane English in 2023

Wineport Lodge, located in Glasson, outside Athlone, employed 49 people on average in 2023, the same number as the year before. Picture: Szymon Lazewski

Wineport Lodge, the Westmeath hotel synonymous with RTÉ’s long-running show The Restaurant, saw its profits surge to more than €1 million last year.

Recently filed accounts for Wineport Lodge Ltd show the four-star spa hotel and restaurant made a profit of €1.05 million in 2023 - a fivefold increase on the previous year.

The accounts, which do not disclose the turnover of the business, show retained earnings in the business increased 40 per cent last ...