The Irish are coming!

Sean Carr's Irish eyes are smiling. Pit & Quarry's Notre Dame-loving publisher tells us that CRH plc, the Irish building-materials company, has acquired the aggregates, asphalt, paving and construction assets of the Mountain Companies, located in eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia and along the Kentucky/West Virginia state line for a cool $413 million. With permitted reserves of over 400 million tons at eight quarries and one sand & gravel pit, Mountain produces approximately 5 million tons of aggregates and 2 million tons of asphalt annually. CRH has also acquired 50% of Bizzack, Inc., Mountain's heavy construction affiliate. Your comment?