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Kingspan justifies its premium blue-chip status yet again with half-year profits of €435m

Shares in the Cavan-based insulation and materials giant are up 30 per cent year on year, outstripping their rivals by a distance

Gene-Murtagh, chief executive of Kingspan: despite facing rising interest rates and weaker international demand, the company has consistently outperformed its peers. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Ask any experienced trader for investment advice during periods of market uncertainty, and they will all say broadly similar things: hold your investments through the cycle and trust your bets on blue-chip stocks.

That advice has proven itself to be true time and time again during periods of market volatility. Shareholders in Kingspan, the Cavan-based insulation and materials giant, will know this better than most. In the face of rising interest rates and weaker international ...