Succession an issue for CRH

“We are an Irish company and proud of our roots. Our Irishness is steeped in the culture of CRH."

“We are an Irish company and proud of our roots.

“Our Irishness is steeped in the culture of CRH. But if we are a true international company, it is almost inevitable at some stage we will have a chief executive who is not Irish.”

The words, which belong to CRH chief executive officer Liam O’Mahony, were uttered to The Sunday Business Post 16 months ago but were no less important this weekend after ...