Board Appointment

CRH PLC
28 June 2006



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                                                                  28th June 2006



                        CRH ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENT


The Board of CRH plc is pleased to announce the co-option to the Board today,
28th June 2006, of Dan O'Connor as a non-executive Director.


Dan O'Connor (46) was, until 31st March 2006, President and Chief Executive
Officer of GE Consumer Finance - Europe, (GECFE) and a Senior Vice-President of
GE.  GECFE operates in 24 countries across Europe, and reported net income of
$1.36 billion for the year to 31st December 2005.   Dan will continue to
represent GE at Board level in European businesses in which GECFE has an equity
interest, and will remain as GE's National Executive for Ireland.


Dan O'Connor holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin,
and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.



Contact CRH at Dublin 404 1000 ([phone])

Liam O'Mahony, Chief Executive
Myles Lee, Finance Director





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