Total Voting Rights

CRH PLC
31 January 2008


CRH plc ('the Company') Voting Rights and Capital

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In conformity with Regulation 20 of the Transparency (Directive
2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007, CRH plc announces that:

The total number of Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in issue as at the
date of this notice is 547,227,194. As at 31st January 2008, the
Company holds 2,088,848 Treasury Shares.  

The total number of voting rights is, therefore, 545,138,346.

The above figure 545,138,346 may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they
are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, CRH plc under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC)
Regulations 2007 and the Interim Transparency Rules.


31st January 2008


Contact

Angela Malone
Company Secretary
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