Markets

Taking stock: ten companies to watch in 2023

It was a rollercoaster year for investors with rising interest rates and the Russian war against Ukraine sinking stock markets globally amid the uncertain economic outlook. Ian Guider examines ten Irish companies, how they fared this year and what the future might hold for them

Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair. Under his leadership, the airline came out of the pandemic with all guns blazing. Picture: AFP/Getty

AIB

Colin Hunt, chief executive of AIB. Taxpayers still own a majority of the bank but global investors are clamouring to buy its shares

At the beginning of December, Colin Hunt, the boss of AIB, gathered his top team in the bank’s headquarters in central Dublin to meet with investors and analysts to update them on its future plans. It was the second time in under three years that the bank had held a so-called ...