Rich List 2006
BRITAIN IRELAND SCOTLAND YOUNG PEOPLE WOMEN
Thomas and Ann Roche and family
RESULTS 2006 Ranking Worth Industry
19 £328m ( €482m) Toll roads and hotels
Roche, 56, his wife Ann, 55, and their children, Conor, Michelle and Joanne, last year saw the value of their 44.8% holding in NTR, which runs toll bridges and other utilities, leap £58m to £260m. A stake in the Dublin-based Jurys Doyle hotel group rose 61% to £42m, excluding borrowings, and the couple gave Michelle £11m worth of Jurys shares for her 30th birthday in August. Assets include £26m of Dublin property.
RESULTS 2005 Ranking 24= Worth 2005: £254m