Director/PDMR Shareholding

C&C Group Plc
12 July 2005


Irish Stock Exchange
Anglesea Street
Dublin 2

London Stock Exchange
Paternoster Square
London


Dear Sirs,


C&C Group plc
Directors' and Secretary's interests in shares


We hereby give you notice of the following changes to Directors' and Secretary's
shareholdings as a result of the scrip dividend on 11th July 2005:


                              Scrip shares          Balance at       Percentage
                                  acquired      11th July 2005            owned
Name                                         

Brendan Dwan                        19,006           1,039,005            0.33%
Brendan McGuinness                  21,885           1,196,395            0.37%
James Muldowney                      5,610             306,683            0.09%
Breege O'Donoghue                      744              40,744               -
Maurice Pratt                        6,690           1,000,000            0.31%
Noreen O'Kelly (Secretary)           2,440             133,400            0.04%


All shares were acquired at the scrip price of Euro3.22.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue following the scrip dividend is
324,052,889.


Yours faithfully,



Noreen O'Kelly
Group Company Secretary
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