Operations Visit

CRH PLC
23 May 2007



             CRH Operations Visit for Investors and Analysts


CRH plc, the International Building Materials Group, is hosting a visit to
Switzerland for investors and sector analysts commencing today Wednesday 23rd
May and concluding Friday 25th May 2007.

This will entail visiting a number of CRH's Swiss Materials and Distribution
locations and presentations by management. No material new information will be
disclosed in the presentations and no new trading information will be provided.


Copies of the presentations made during the course of the visit will be
available on CRH's website (www.crh.com) as they are presented from 07:00 BST on
Thursday 24th and Friday 25th May 2007 respectively.



Contact CRH at Dublin 404 1000 ([phone])

Myles Lee, Finance Director
Eimear O'Flynn, Head of Investor Relations
Maeve Carton, Group Controller



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