Holding(s) in Company

30th November 2009

Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive
2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 ("The Regulations"), Irish Continental
Group plc sets out below details of a notification received under The
Regulations.


Tom Corcoran
Company Secretary




Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive
2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive
2007/14/EC[i]
1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached [ii]:
            Irish Continental Group Plc
2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes):
[ X]    an acquisition or disposal of voting rights
[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which
may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which
voting rights are attached
[]       an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation[iii]:
            Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. and its subsidiaries
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached[v]:
            25 November 2009
6.         Date on which issuer notified;
27 November 2009
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
3%

8.         Notified details:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                                    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of    |Situation previous to the  |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]|
|shares (if       |Triggering transaction [vi]|                                                         |
|possible using   |---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------|
|the ISIN CODE)   |Number of     |Number of   |Number of |Number of voting rights[xi]|% of voting rights|
|                 |Shares[viii]  |Voting      |shares[x] |                           |                  |
|                 |              |rights[ix]  |----------+---------------------------+------------------|
|                 |              |            |Direct    |Direct[xii] |Indirect[xiii]|Direct  |Indirect |
|-----------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------|
|                 |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|Ordinary shares  |735,991       |735,991     |742,642   |742,642     |              |3.02%   |Nil      |
|of Euro 0.60 each|              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|(Sedols:         |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|4330231          |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|0329028          |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|-----------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------|
|                 |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|-----------------+--------------+------------+----------+---------------------------+------------------|
|SUBTOTAL A (based|              |            |          |                           |                  |
|on aggregate     |              |            |          |                           |                  |
|voting rights)   |              |            |          |                           |                  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/Conversion |Number of voting rights that |% of  |
|financial |Date[xv]  |Period/ Date[xvi]   |may be acquired if the       |voting|
|instrument|          |                    |instrument is                |rights|
|          |          |                    |exercised/converted          |      |
|----------+----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|          |          |                    |                             |      |
|----------+----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|          |          |                    |                             |      |
|---------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|                     |SUBTOTAL B (in      |                             |      |
|                     |relation to all     |                             |      |
|                     |expiration dates)   |                             |      |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------+-------------------------+--------------------|
|             | 742,642                 | 3.02%              |
+------------------------------------------------------------+


9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments  are effectively held, if
applicable[xvii]:
SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE
10.       In case of proxy voting:  [name of the proxy holder] will
cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].
11.       Additional information:
Done at AIB, Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on 27 November 2009.
Annex to the standard form TR-1 [xviii]
a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation:

Full name (including legal form for legal  Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.
entities)                                  and its subsidiaries
Contact address (registered office for     Bankcentre, Ballsbridge,
legal entities)                            Dublin 4, Ireland.
Phone number & email                       01 6600311
Other useful information (at least legal
representative for legal persons)

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable[xix]:

Full name                                 David Schorman
Contact address                           Assistant Secretary, Allied
                                          Irish Banks, p.l.c.,
                                          Bankcentre, Ballsbridge,
                                          Dublin 4.
Phone number                              01 7721006
Other useful information (e.g. functional
relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification
obligation)

c)                  Additional information

SCHEDULE

        Registered Holder           Class of Security   No. of shares
                                                            Held
Bank of New York Nominees Limited  Ordinary Shares Euro    16,203
                                      0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro    126,682
Ltd 184062                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro     2,954
Ltd 184219                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro     7,827
Ltd 184234                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro    14,782
Ltd 184235                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro     9,685
Ltd 184316                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro    72,313
Ltd 184321                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro     3,122
Ltd 184344                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro      148
Ltd 184346                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro     1,060
Ltd 184347                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro    11,320
Ltd 184615                            0.65 cent each
BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland)   Ordinary Shares Euro     3,510
Ltd 184620                            0.65 cent each
Nortrust Nominees Limited          Ordinary Shares Euro    41,057
                                      0.65 cent each
Alibank Nominees Limited A/C       Ordinary Shares Euro      910
T04715                                0.65 cent each
Goodbody Stockbrokers Nominees Ltd Ordinary Shares Euro    431,068
                                      0.65 cent each
AIB Services Limited               Ordinary Shares Euro       1
                                      0.65 cent each
          Total AIB Holdings 25 November 2009              742,642

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