| 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | |
| IR£'000 | IR£'000 | IR£'000 | IR£'000 | IR£'000 | |
| Profit and loss account | |||||
| Turnover | 78,742 | 58,093 | 50,627 | 45,830 | 43,161 |
| Operating profit | 2,234 | 2,113 | 1,794 | 1,901 | 1,675 |
| Profit on disposal of fixed assets | 271 | 66 | 180 | 75 | 1 |
| Profit on disposal of investments | 80 | 518 | - | - | - |
| Share of results of joint venture | 477 |
- | - | - | - |
| Share of results of associates | 70 | (215) | (30) | - | - |
| Income from financial assets | 593 | 568 | 601 | 152 | 50 |
| Interest receivable | 29 | 125 | 63 | 121 | 332 |
| Interest payable | (296) | (60) | (104) | (86) | (45) |
| Profit before tax | 3,458 | 3,115 | 2,504 | 2,163 | 2,013 |
| Tax | (496) | (520) | (388) | (388) | (395) |
| Profit after tax | 2,962 | 2,595 | 2,116 | 1,775 | 1,618 |
| Minority interest | (52) | - | - | - | 5 |
| Dividends | (692) | (536) | (410) | (340) | (339) |
| Profit retained | 2,218 | 2,059 | 1,706 | 1,435 | 1,284 |
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Tangible fixed assets | 7,676 | 6,090 | 5,615 | 3,431 | 2,850 |
| Financial fixed assets | 9,104 | 5,540 | 5,511 | 5,221 | 1,279 |
| Investments in joint venture | 1,620 | - | - | - | - |
| Intangible assets-negative goodwill | (101) | - | - | - | - |
| Net current assets | 4,577 | 7,378 | 5,871 | 3,682 | 6,832 |
| 22,876 | 19,008 | 16,997 | 12,334 | 10,961 | |
| Creditors due after one year | (2,220) | (1,001) | (1,109) | (437) | (438) |
| Deferred tax | (58) | (68) | (35) | (25) | (26) |
| Minority interests | (531) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) |
| Shareholders' funds | 20,067 | 17,938 | 15,852 | 11,871 | 10,496 |
| Depreciation (IR£'000) | 1,173 | 933 | 732 | 645 | 505 |
| Earnings per share (pence) | 29.3 | 26.2 | 25.2 | 20.9 | 19.3 |
| Dividends per share (pence) | 7.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Dividend cover (times) | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 |