Repurchase of shares

W.H. Ireland Group PLC
10 October 2006





W H Ireland Group plc ('WH Ireland' or 'the Company')



Share repurchase



WH Ireland announces that the Company acquired a total of 35,000 ordinary shares
of 5p each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') through the market,
pursuant to the buy back authority granted by shareholders on 10th April 2006.



25,000 Ordinary Shares were purchased at 127p and 10,000 at 135p.



Following this transaction, the repurchased Ordinary Shares will be cancelled
from trading on AIM.  Accordingly, the reduced issued share capital admitted to
trading to AIM will amount to 16,240,319 Ordinary Shares.



For further information contact:



Michael Frame

Company Secretary

0161 832 2174




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