Scrip Dividend

CRH PLC
15 May 2007


                                 15th May 2007

                    TAKE-UP OF SCRIP DIVIDEND BY TRUSTEES OF
                         CRH plc EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST

The Trustees of the CRH plc Employee Benefit Trust elected to take 289 Ordinary
Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc, at €29.92 per Ordinary Share, in lieu of cash
for the 2006 Final Dividend, paid on 14th May 2007, in respect of the Deferred
Shares held by them on behalf of executive directors of CRH plc under the
Company's performance-related incentive plan:


                          Number of Deferred                 Number of Deferred
                        Shares held prior to                  Shares held after
Name                          Scrip Election  Scrip Election     Scrip Election

T.W. Hill                              8,625              89              8,714
M. Lee                                 5,846              61              5,907
W.I. O'Mahony                         13,446             139             13,585



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