Challenging times ahead for Irish Stock Exchange as big companies look to the US

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With cement giant CRH departing the Dublin market, there is anxiety that other companies could soon follow. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
With cement giant CRH departing the Dublin market, there is anxiety that other companies could soon follow. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

With cement giant CRH shifting its primary listing to the New York stock exchange and noises that gambling group Flutter could soon follow suit, the Irish stock exchange is facing significant challenges.

Will there be moves to make the domestic stock exchange easier to join? Perhaps a vibrant junior exchange could provide a solution?

Ciaran Hancock gets the thoughts of Current Affairs Editor with the Irish Times, Arthur Beesley and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland, Ronan Reid.

And Irish Times Senior Business Reporter, Barry O’Halloran takes us through his story on how Ticketmaster Ireland has been offering GAA county boards cash incentives to sign up or renew contracts.