Analysts: Trump CRH boon to go on

Ireland’s economy is set to outperform the EU for the fifth year in a row, according to Investec Ireland analysts.

Investec made the prediction as it set out its favoured stock picks for 2017, saying it expected CRH, Bank of Ireland, Paddy Power, Betfair, Ryanair and Smurfit Kappa Group to do well of the large listed companies.

Among the small and mid-sized companies, recruitment firm CPL, hotel group Dalata, sea transport company Irish Continental Group, builders merchant Grafton Group, convenience food company Greencore and Irish Residential Properties REIT would do well, it said.