CRH battles inflationary headwinds to post €15bn sales

The Irish building materials giant reported a 21% increase in earnings for the first half of the year and expects full year earnings to surpass 2021 results

CRH, led by CEO Albery Manifold, is the second-largest building materials company in the world. Picture: Naoise Culhane. 

Irish building materials group CRH posted positive performance results for the first half of this year, with sales rising 14% to €15bn despite significant inflationary headwinds.

The company, which is the world's second-largest building materials supplier and is headquartered in Dublin, reported a 21% increase in earnings -  before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBIDTA) - for the first half of the year of €2.2bn.