Investor and Analyst Visit

CRH PLC
10 October 2005

                           N E W S      R E L E A S E

                                                        Monday 10th October 2005



                CRH Operations Visit for Investors and Analysts



CRH plc, the International Building Materials Group, is hosting a visit to the
United States for investors and sector analysts commencing today Monday 10th
October and continuing tomorrow Tuesday 11th October 2005.

This will entail visits to CRH's Northeastern US locations and presentations by
management. No material new information will be disclosed in the presentations
and no new trading information will be provided.

Copies of the presentations made during the course of the visit will be
available on CRH's website (www.crh.com) as they are presented from 13:00 BST on
Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th October 2005 respectively.



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Enquires : [phone]



Myles Lee, Finance Director

Maeve Carton, Group Controller





CRH plc, Belgard Castle, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, Ireland TELEPHONE [phone]
                               FAX [phone]

   E-MAIL [e-mail] WEBSITE www.crh.com Registered Office, 42 Fitzwilliam
                           Square, Dublin 2, Ireland


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