Holding(s) in Company

26 June 2007

To whom it may concern:

Irish Continental Group plc, received the following notification
pursuant to the Companies Act, 1990 and discloses same pursuant to
the Company's obligation under Listing Rule 6.6.7.







  NOTIFICATION IN RELATION TO INTEREST IN SHARES (Note 1 & Note 2)
  PURSUANT TO THE COMPANIES ACT, 1990, PART IV, chapter 2, and THE
        TRANSPARENCY (DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC) REGULATIONS 2007

To (name of company):        IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP PLC ("the
Company")

The notifying party identified below hereby notifies you, in
fulfilment of the obligation to do so imposed by Chapter 2 of Part IV
of the Companies Act, 1990, and Regulation 14 of the Transparency
(Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 (the "Regulations"), that
the notifying party has an interest in the relevant share capital of
the Company as follows:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Name and   | Class of share   | Number of   | Identity of each    |
| address of | capital of the   | shares in   | registered holder   |
| notifying  | Company to which | that share  | of shares to which  |
| party      | this             | capital in  | this notification   |
|            | notification     | which the   | relates and number  |
|            | relates          | notifying   | of those shares     |
|            |                  | party has   | held by each such   |
|            |                  | an interest | registered holder,  |
|            |                  |             | so far as is known  |
|            |                  |             | to the notifying    |
|            |                  |             | party at the date   |
|            |                  |             | of this             |
|            |                  |             | notification (Note  |
|            |                  |             | 3)                  |
|------------+------------------+-------------+---------------------|
|            |                  |             |                     |
|------------+------------------+-------------+---------------------|
| EAMONN     | ICG UNITS (1     | 3,052,771   | EAMONN ROTHWELL -   |
| ROTHWELL   | ORDINARY SHARE   | ICG UNITS   | 3,052,771 ICG UNITS |
|            | AND THREE        |             |                     |
|            | REDEEMABLE       |             |                     |
|            | SHARES)          |             |                     |
|------------+------------------+-------------+---------------------|
|            |                  |             |                     |
|------------+------------------+-------------+---------------------|
| FERRYPORT  | ACQUISITION OF   |             |                     |
| ALEXANDRA  | 1,014,200 ICG    |             |                     |
| ROAD       | UNITS            |             |                     |
| DUBLIN 1   | REPRESENTING     |             |                     |
|            | 4.28% OF THE     |             |                     |
|            | ENTIRE ISSUED    |             |                     |
|            | SHARE CAPITAL OF |             |                     |
|            | ICG, INCREASING  |             |                     |
|            | HIS HOLDING FROM |             |                     |
|            | 8.62% TO 12.9%   |             |                     |
|------------+------------------+-------------+---------------------|
|            |                  |             |                     |
|------------+------------------+-------------+---------------------|
|            |                  |             |                     |
|------------+------------------+-------------+---------------------|
|            |                  |             |                     |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


In addition to the aforementioned interests, Eamonn Rothwell also has
a contract for difference in respect of 736,000 ICG Units.

In accordance with the regulation 14 of the Regulations, the
notifying party hereby notifies you that its holding in the Company
has increased from 8.62% to 12.9%, crossing the 10% threshold.

Signed:

Date:                                                   June
2007


Notes:

1.                    This form of notification is not designed to
notify (a) interests of directors, secretaries and their families to
be notified under chapter 1 of Part IV, (b) the existence of
agreements to which section 73 of the Companies Act, 1990 refers or
(c) changes in interests to be notified to the Stock Exchange under
section 91 of the Companies Act, 1990.
2.                    See sections 67, 68, 71, 72, 76, 77 and 78 of
the Companies Act, 1990 in relation to what "interests" are
notifiable.  If in doubt about this or any matter relating to your
notification obligations, please consult your legal adviser.
3.                    If the notification is only that the notifying
party no longer has a notifiable interest, do not complete this
column.

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