Revenues at insulation maker Kingspan rose 42pc to a record €4.2bn in the half-year to June as higher prices and acquisitions delivered a bonus for shareholders.
Operating profits at the expanding Dublin Aerospace tumbled by 80pc to €160,924 last year.
A sale of the Selfridges Group of luxury department stores including Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Ireland has closed. The business has been sold by Canada’s billionaire Weston family for a reported £4bn to a combined bid from a Thai retailer and an Austrian property company.