Holding in Company

Ryanair Holdings PLC
27 August 2001

                       Ryanair Holdings plc ('Ryanair')


                     Notification of Significant Interest

Ryanair announces that it received a notification from Fidelity Investments on
August 27, 2001 pursuant to Section 67 of the Companies Act, 1990. This
notification stated that FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited (and
certain of their respective subsidiaries) now hold, in aggregate, 36,616,131
Ordinary Shares in Ryanair representing 9.6% of the current issued ordinary
share capital of Ryanair.


August 27, 2001


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