Ireland’s biggest company CRH has said further share buybacks "are under active consideration". Ireland’s biggest company CRH has said further share buybacks "are under active consideration". Further share buybacks under 'active consideration' at CRHDetails of future share buyback programmes will be announced as part of the group's trading update on the 24th of April. Between 2 January and 29 March this year, 7.6 million ordinary shares were repurchased on Euronext Dublin, formally the Irish Stock Exchange, and London Stock Exchange at an average discount of 0.6pc to the volume weighted average price over the period. This brings total cash returned to shareholders under the group’s share buyback programme to approximately €1bn over the last 12 months.

Source: Irish Independent April 02, 2019 07:30 UTC