Form SAR 6 Disclosure

FORM SAR 6
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

Lodge with the Irish Stock Exchange (Company Announcements Office)
(which may publicise) and with the Panel.  A copy must also be sent
to the company the voting securities of which (or the rights over the
voting securities of which) are acquired.

Date of disclosure...2 April 2008

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 6 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997
(SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION) RULES, 2007 ("SARs")

Date of acquisition...1 April 2008

Acquisition in...Irish Continental Group plc

(1)

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Class of voting  | Number of voting       | If rights over voting |
| securities (e.g. | securities/rights over | securities acquired,  |
| ordinary shares) | voting securities      | as opposed to the     |
|                  | acquired               | securities            |
|                  |                        | themselves, specify   |
|                  |                        | nature of rights      |
|------------------+------------------------+-----------------------|
| ICG units (1     | 736,000 ICG units      |                       |
| ordinary share   |                        |                       |
| and 3 redeemable |                        |                       |
| shares)          |                        |                       |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

*Note: The acquisition of 736,000 ICG units represents the closing of
a contract for difference (CFD) relating to the same number of ICG
units and the purchase of the underlying hedging shares from the CFD
underwriter. The opening of the CFD was originally reported on 26th
June 2007.

(2)

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resultant total      | Resultant total holding of    | Total      |
| holding of voting    | rights over voting securities | Percentage |
| securities (and % of | (and % of total voting        |            |
| total voting         | securities in issue)          |            |
| securities in issue) |                               |            |
|----------------------+-------------------------------+------------|
| 3,938,771 ICG units  |                               | 16.05 %    |
| (16.05 %)            |                               |            |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


(3) Party making disclosure...Mr Eamonn Rothwell

(4)       (a)   Name of person acquiring securities or rights over
securities and, if different, beneficial owner...Mr Eamonn Rothwell
(b)        Names of any other persons acting in concert (see SAR
3)...na

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above

(Also print name of signatory) ...Tom Corcoran
Telephone and extension number...Tel: [phone]

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