Additional Listing

CRH PLC
05 April 2006



5th April 2006

                                    CRH plc

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Application will be made for a total of 20,000,000 Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each
(' the Shares') to be admitted to (a) the Official Lists of the Irish Stock
Exchange and the UK Listing Authority and (b) trading on the London Stock
Exchange Plc's market for listed securities.

Admission is expected to be granted on Monday, 10th April 2006.

The shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued pursuant
to the CRH 2000 Share Option Scheme.  On issue the shares will rank pari passu
with the existing Ordinary Shares.


Contact:

Angela Malone
Company Secretary
Tel: [phone]


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