BRITAIN IRELAND SCOTLAND YOUNG PEOPLE WOMEN Ray O’Rourke and family RESULTS 2006 Ranking Worth Industry 27 £250m ( €368m) Construction O’Rourke, 59, from Co Mayo, runs and owns the majority of Laing O’Rourke, one of Europe’s largest construction firms. Parent O’Rourke Investments saw its profits more than halve to £23.8m in 2004-05, so we decrease the value of the family stake to £240m but add £10m for other assets. See page 34. RESULTS 2005 Ranking 15 Worth 2005: £320m