Holding in Company

Irish Continental Group PLC
17 April 2007





Irish Continental Group Plc



Re: Holding in Company



A letter from Doyle Group Limited dated 17 April 2007 to the Irish Stock
Exchange, received by the Irish Stock Exchange on the 17 April 2007







                              DOYLE GROUP LIMITED


Telephone:           [phone]                                                             Victoria House

Fax:                      [phone]                                                       1 Victoria Road

Reg. No.               121166                                                                           Cork



17 April 2007




Company Announcements Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2




RE:      Section 91 Companies Act 1990



Dear Sir



For the purposes of Sections 73 and 74 of the Companies Act 1990 only, Doyle
Group Limited ('Doyle') of Victoria House, 1 Victoria Road, Cork; One Fifty One
Capital Limited ('One51 Capital') of 151 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 and Cantor
Fitzgerald Europe ('Cantor') of 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB, United Kingdom
are taken to be interested in all Units held by the others of them. The
aggregate holding of Units of Doyle, One51 Capital and Cantor is 5,015,330 Units
(Comprising Redeemable Shares), which represents 21.33% of the entire issued
share capital of Irish Continental Group plc.



We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 91 of the Companies Act 1990 of
such interest.







Yours faithfully





________________
Denis Murphy

Chief Financial Officer





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