Irish Continental Group plc : Holding(s) in Com...

21 October 2011

Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC)
Regulations 2007 ("The Regulations"), Irish Continental Group plc sets out below
details of a notification received under The Regulations.

Tom Corcoran
Company Secretary

                                     Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:  Irish Continental Group Plc
2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or
boxes):
[ X]   an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
            State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
            19 October 2011
6.         Date on which issuer notified; 20 October 2011
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  4%
8.         Notified details:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+-------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering  |
|shares (if   |the Triggering       |transaction                               |
|possible     |transaction          |                                          |
|using the    +----------+----------+--------+-----------------+---------------+
|ISIN CODE)   |Number of |Number of |Number  |Number of voting |% of voting    |
|             |Shares    |Voting    |of      |rights           |rights         |
|             |          |rights    |shares  |                 |               |
|             |          |          +--------+-------+---------+------+--------+
|             |          |          |Direct  |Direct |Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
+-------------+----------+----------+--------+-------+---------+------+--------+
|             |          |          |        |       |         |      |        |
|IE0033336516 |1,064,873 |1,064,873 |931,472 |931,472|         |3.75% |        |
+-------------+----------+----------+--------+-------+---------+------+--------+
|SUBTOTAL A   |          |          |        |                 |               |
|(based on    |1,064,873 |1,064,873 |931,472 |931,472          |3.75%          |
|aggregate    |          |          |        |                 |               |
|voting       |          |          |        |                 |               |
|rights)      |          |          |        |                 |               |
+-------------+----------+----------+--------+-----------------+---------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|Type of     |Expiration  |Exercise/Conversion   |Number of voting     |% of   |
|financial   |Date        |Period/ Date          |rights that may be   |voting |
|instrument  |            |                      |acquired if the      |rights |
|            |            |                      |instrument is        |       |
|            |            |                      |exercised/converted  |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|N/A         |            |                      |                     |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|            |            |                      |                     |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
                          |SUBTOTAL B (in        |                     |       |
                          |relation to all       |                     |       |
                          |expiration dates)     |                     |       |
                          +----------------------+---------------------+-------+

+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|             | 931,472                 | 3.75%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold
[number] voting rights as of [date].
11.       Additional information:
Done at Dublin on  20(th) October 2011







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