Bord Gáis announced today pre-tax profits of €118 million for 2004, a 15 per cent increase over the previous year.
The company also said its turnover increased 8 per cent to €755 million over the same period.
Bord Gáis said it added 39,000 new customers last year and the total number of natural gas customers now stnads at over 500,000.
The company also said it has 7 per cent of the total electricity market in Ireland.