CRH Performance Share Plan

CRH PLC
21 June 2006



                                  21 June 2006



                             PURCHASE OF SHARES BY

               THE TRUSTEES OF THE CRH plc EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST



The Trustees of the CRH plc Employee Benefit Trust, today purchased 627,750
Ordinary Shares of euro 0.32 each in CRH plc at euro 24.82 per Ordinary Share.



The Trust is a discretionary trust established by CRH plc to implement the terms
of the CRH 2006 Performance Share plan approved by shareholders at the Annual
General Meeting on 3 May 2006.


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