Galway Bay fm newsroom - Profits at Smyths Toys - which is headquartered in Galway City - surged by over €35m last year.
The combined sales of the group's businesses in Ireland, the UK and Europe amounted to €1.2bn.
Smyths Toys was founded in 1986 by brothers Tony, Padraig, Liam and Thomas Smyth in a grocery shop in Claremorris in Co. Mayo.
The firm - which is headquartered at Mervue Business Park - now controls over 110 stores across Ireland, the UK and Europe.
It generated revenue of €1.2bn last year - with profits significantly rising by some €35m.
According to the Sunday Times, the sharp rise in profits is due to the firm's purchase of 93 Toys R Us stores across Europe last year.
Smyths Toys paid €61m for the bankrupt business - which contributed €339m in sales and €13.7m in profits within just 7 months.
Meanwhile, Smyths also recorded a considerable rise of 22 percent in profits in the UK last year - which stood at a record €14.5m.
However, profit growth in Ireland was slower at 6 percent, representing pre-tax profits of €5.7m last year.
