Holding(s) in Company

Greencore Group PLC
28 January 2004


GREENCORE GROUP PLC

CONTACT:                        MS. C.M. BERGIN     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 28th JANUARY, 2004, THAT BANK OF IRELAND
NOMINEES LIMITED ('BANK OF IRELAND') HAS A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN 30,222,523
(15.99%) ORDINARY SHARES IN THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL OF GREENCORE.  OF
THESE, 28,436,093 SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF BANK OF IRELAND,
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, NORTRUST, CITIBANK AND MELLON.


C. M. Bergin
Group Company Secretary

Greencore Group plc,
St. Stephen's Green House,
Earlsfort Terrace,
Dublin 2.                                  28th January, 2004.


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