Holding(s) in Company

10th February  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 on 4th
February 2008 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]:
            Deutsche Bank AG
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:
            Deutsche Bank AG
            Tilney Investment Management
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached[v]:
            02/02/09
6.         Date on which issuer notified;
            03/02/09
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
             6%


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 possible|Triggering transaction [vi]|                                                         |
|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 |
|-------------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------|
|                   |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|IE0033336516       |1,431,553     |1,431,553   |1,536,280 |1,535,880   |400           |6.24%   |0.00%    |
|-------------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------|
|                   |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|-------------------+--------------+------------+----------+---------------------------+------------------|
|SUBTOTAL A (based  |              |            |          |                           |                  |
|on aggregate voting|              |            |          |1,536,280                  |6.24%             |
|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 |
|-------------+-------------------------+--------------------|
|             | 1,536,280               | 6.24%              |
+------------------------------------------------------------+


9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments  are effectively held, if
applicable[xvii]:
10.       In case of proxy voting:  [name of the proxy holder] will
cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].
11.       Additional information:

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