Director Interest

Glanbia PLC
13 August 2002


Glanbia plc: Notification of Interests of Directors / Secretary

Glanbia plc ('the Company') announces that Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited, as
trustee of the Glanbia Employees' Share Trust, has purchased ordinary shares in
the Company in the market as follows:



Number of shares acquired:                                    422,000

Percentage of issued class:                                   0.1443%

Class of security:                                            Ordinary €0.06

Price per share:                                              €1.30

Date of transaction:                                          12 August 2002

Date Company informed:                                        13 August 2002

Total holding following this notification:                    1,462,000

Total percentage holding following this notification:         0.4998%



For the purposes of sections 53 of the Companies Act, 1990 please note that Mr
JJ Moloney, Group Managing Director, and Ms S Talbot, Group Secretary, are
deemed to be interested in the shares which are the subject of this notification
by virtue of section 54 of Companies Act, 1990.


For further information, please contact :-

John J. Roche,
Deputy Group Secretary,
Glanbia plc,
Glanbia House,
Kilkenny.

Telephone : [phone]

13 August 2002


ENDS.


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