Holding(s) in Company

4 October 2010

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

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached : 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:
Invesco  Ltd
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
            28 September 2010
6.         Date on which issuer notified
      29 September 2010
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  2%
8.         Notified details:

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                              |
+------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to the|Resulting situation after the triggering  |
|of shares   |Triggering transaction   |transaction                               |
|(if possible+------------+------------+------+-------------------+---------------+
|using the   |Number of   |Number of   |Number|Number of voting   |% of voting    |
|ISIN CODE)  |Shares      |Voting      |of    |rights             |rights         |
|            |            |rights      |shares|                   |               |
|            |            |            +------+------+------------+------+--------+
|            |            |            |Direct|Direct|Indirect    |Direct|Indirect|
+------------+------------+------------+------+------+------------+------+--------+
|IE0033336516|     789,693|     789,693|      |      |     737,122|      |   2.95%|
+------------+------------+------------+------+------+------------+------+--------+
|SUBTOTAL A  |     789,693|     789,693|      |            737,122|          2.95%|
|(based on   |            |            |      |                   |               |
|aggregate   |            |            |      |                   |               |
|voting      |            |            |      |                   |               |
|rights)     |            |            |      |                   |               |
+------------+------------+------------+------+-------------------+---------------+


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

+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| 737,122     | 737,122                 | 2.95%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Invesco Asset Management S.A France & Invesco Asset Management Ltd - 176,444
Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Japan - 2,199
Invesco Asset Management Lltd & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 40,000
Invesco Asset Management Dublin - 29,596
Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Advisers Inc. - 9,000
Invesco Asset Management Ltd - 64,369
Invesco Fund Management Ltd - 328,121
Invesco GT Management S.A - 1,745
Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco GT Management Ltd - 85,648

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 [place] on [date].




Annex to the standard form TR-1
a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation:
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)           Invesco Limited

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)        Invesco Limited
                                                              30 Finsbury Square
                                                              London
                                                              EC2A 1AG

Phone number                                                  0044 1491 417404

Other useful information (at least legal representative for
legal persons)
b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable:
Full name                                                     Noel Moynihan

Contact address                                               Invesco Limited
                                                              Georges Quay House
                                                              43 Townsend Street
                                                              Dublin 2
                                                              Ireland

Phone number                                                  00353 1 4398260

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with   Head of Compliance
the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation)
c)         Additional information




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