Profits up 14% at CRH Irish leg

THE Irish leg of CRH’s giant operations was the only one not to buckle in the first half of the year.

It boosted profits by 14% to €68 million, however, on the back of strong residential construction and infrastructure activity.

That activity will be less prevalent in half two, and the expectation is that profits overall in the Ireland will be more or less flat year-on-year.