Holding in Company

Paddy Power plc
14 June 2005

Paddy Power



Re: Holding in Company





A letter from Fidelity Investments dated 13 June 2005 to Paddy Power Plc,
received by Paddy Power Plc on the 14 June 2005.



Paddy Power Plc
Airton House

Airton Road

Tallaght

Dublin 24
Ireland





ATTN: Company Secretary





13 June 2005

                         Section 67, Companies Act 1990

                      Notice of Interest in Voting Shares



Dear Sirs



Enclosed are Amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.
Companies Act 1985.  Please note that while this information details the
disclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure
constitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely
for purposes of clarity and efficiency.  It is not intended to indicate that any
of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.



These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
  The Interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes.
For disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and
its direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.



If you have any questions please contact Alkesh Patel on 01737 837 092 or by Fax
on 01737 837 450.



Yours faithfully













Alkesh Patel

Regulatory Reporting Analyst


Amendment 11



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT



1.  Company in which shares are held:          Paddy Power Plc



2.  Notifiable Interest:              Ordinary Shares



            (A)       FMR Corp.

                        82 Devonshire Street

                        Boston, MA  02109



                        Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research
Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management
Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or
investment manager of various pension and trust accounts.  (See Schedule A for
listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).



            (B)       Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

                        P.O. Box HM 670

                        Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda



Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL),  Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity
Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited  (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management
(Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM) and Fidelity
Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients.



3.  The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:



                        Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d

                        82 Devonshire Street

                        Boston, MA  02109



      A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.



4.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.






5.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes
of clarity and efficiency.  Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR
Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a
group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are
required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.



6.      The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act,
namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise
a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

















By__

Catherine Chau

Senior Manager, FIL - Investment Compliance

Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney dated August 25, 2004 by Eric D. Roiter
by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and
Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.



Schedule A
                                                                                                      Amendment 11
Security: Paddy Power Plc

                                                 MANAGEMENT
FUND NAME                       SHARES HELD       COMPANY                    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

                                      173,300       FII        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH  Total
                                       75,320       FIJ        BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total
                                        6,000       FIL        BNP PARIBAS, PARIS (C) Total
                                    1,688,264       FIL        BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX  Total
                                       13,400       FIL        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH  Total
                                       70,100       FIL        STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total
                                    1,514,030       FISL       JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH  Total
                                      813,236      FMRCO       BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total
                                      690,997      FMRCO       JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
                                      137,311      FMRCO       MELLON BANK N.A. Total
                                       59,900       FPM        BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS  Total
                                      135,100       FPM        CITIBANK LONDON  Total
                                      567,070       FPM        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH  Total
                                    5,944,028                  Grand Total Ordinary Shares

Current ownership percentage:          11.88%

Shares in issue:                   50,045,581

Change in holdings since last       (533,760) ordinary shares
filing:

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

                           the Irish Stock Exchange.








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