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Sat 02 Feb 2007Four toy store founders share €14m as sales boomChristmas came early for the owners of Ireland's largest chain of toy shops. The four brothers behind Galway-based retail chain Smyths Toys were paid management fees of more than €14.1 million last year, according to the company's accounts.The payment was made to Kadsura, a company controlled by the Smyth family, and served to knock a sizeable hole in the profits of the company which had sales of €185 million in the 12 months to the end of March last year. Its operating profit was €5.9 million.