Directorate Change

Glanbia PLC
09 June 2005


New Chairman and Board appointments at Glanbia plc

At the Board meeting of Glanbia plc today (9 June), Mr Michael Walsh was elected
Chairman, succeeding Mr Tom Corcoran who has retired as Chairman and Director of
the Company.

Mr Walsh has been Vice Chairman of the Board since 1996. He has also been
appointed Chairman of Glanbia Co-operative  Society Limited and is a Director of
the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Limited and the Irish Dairy Board 
Co-operative Limited. He farms at Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny.

The Board also elected Mr Victor Quinlan B.Agr.Sc. as Vice-Chairman of the Board
in succession to Mr Walsh. He has also  been appointed Vice-Chairman of Glanbia
Co-operative Society Limited and is a Director of a number of Irish companies 
including Irish Sugar Limited and Malting Company of Ireland Limited.

Mr Liam Herlihy continues in his capacity as a Vice-Chairman of the Board.

The Board of Glanbia plc also announces the appointment of three new non-
executive Directors, Mr Paul Haran B.Sc.,  M.Sc., Mr Matthew Merrick and Mr
Michael Keane and the retirement of Mr Thomas Heffernan as a Director.

Mr Paul Haran retired last year as Secretary General of the Department of
Enterprise, Trade and Employment at the end  of his 7-year term of office. He
also serves on the Court of Directors of Bank of Ireland and on the Boards of
the  Irish Management Institute, the Mater Hospital Private and the Michael
Smurfit Graduate School of Business. He was also  recently appointed by the
Minister for Justice and Law Reform to chair the Working Group on Legal Costs.

Mr Keane and Mr Merrick are both farmers and Directors of Glanbia Co-operative
Society Limited.

Mr Haran has advised the Company that, other than his recent appointments to the
Court of Bank of Ireland and Glanbia  plc, he has not held at any time in the
previous five years and does not currently hold, any other directorships in any 
publicly-quoted company, and has no further details to be disclosed under
Paragraph 16.4, Chapter 16 of the Listing  Rules.

Messrs Keane and Merrick have notified the Company that they have no details to
be disclosed as required under  Paragraph 16.4, Chapter 16 of the Listing Rules.

ENDS                                                   9 June 2005

Issued by:      Corporate Communications, Glanbia plc.
Contact:        Geraldine Kearney, Director of Communications,
                Tel:  [phone]


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