Holding(s) in Company

Greencore Group PLC
17 February 2004

GREENCORE GROUP PLC

CONTACT:             MR. P.T. KENNEDY           TELEPHONE: [phone]
                       FAX: [phone]


NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN GREENCORE SHARES

GREENCORE GROUP PLC ('GREENCORE') HAS RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION TODAY FROM BANK OF
IRELAND ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED DATED 16th FEBRUARY, 2004, THAT BANK OF IRELAND
ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED HAS A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN 30,461,735 (16.11%)
ORDINARY SHARES IN THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL OF GREENCORE.  OF THESE,
28,675,305 SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF BANK OF IRELAND NOMINEES
LIMITED, 1,264,066 SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF NORTRUST NOMINEES,
425,390 SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CITIBANK NOMINEES LIMITED AND
96,974 SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF MELLON NOMINEES.  THE SHARES ARE
HELD ON BEHALF OF A RANGE OF CLIENTS OF BANK OF IRELAND ASSET MANAGEMENT
LIMITED.


P.T. Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer


Greencore Group plc,
St. Stephen's Green House,
Earlsfort Terrace,
Dublin 2.                                  17th February, 2004.


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