‘Irland boomt!’ say Germans

“Irland boomt!” as they say in Germany. That country’s stock exchange has singled out Irish equities as top performers in 2014, citing various analysts and noting the gains achieved by investors in Bank of Ireland, Ryanair and Kerry Group.

In a research note issued last week – that it cautioned was not a buy recommendation – the German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said Ireland’s projected 4.6 per cent growth rate in 2014 ...