Holding(s) in Company

25 March 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[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]:
Artemis Investment Management Limited
4.Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:
Artemis UK Special Situations Fund
Institutional Special Situations
Pearson
Prudential Staff Pension Scheme
Akzo Nobel Pension Schem
Barclays UK Alpha
L&G(Barclays) MM Alpha Fund
L&G(Barclays) Series2 MM Alpha Fund
Witan Investment Trust

5.Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached[v]:
24 March 2010
6.Date on which issuer notified; 25 March 2010
7.Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 7%

8.Notified details:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                      |
+------------+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to  |Resulting situation after the triggering            |
|of shares   |the Triggering         |transaction[vii]                                    |
|(if possible|transaction[vi]        |                                                    |
|using the   +------------+----------+---------+--------------------------+---------------+
|ISIN CODE)  |Number of   |Number of |Number of|Number of voting          |% of voting    |
|            |Shares[viii]|Voting    |shares[x]|rights[xi]                |rights         |
|            |            | ights[ix]+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|            |            |          |Direct   |Direct[xii]|Indirect[xiii]|Direct|Indirect|
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|IE0033336516|1,916,949   |1,916,949 |1,630,551|1,630,551  |              |6.62% |        |
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|SUBTOTAL A  |1,916,949   |1,916,949 |1,630,551|1,630,551                 |6.62%          |
|(based on   |            |          |         |                          |               |
|aggregate   |            |          |         |                          |               |
|voting      |            |          |         |                          |               |
|rights)     |            |          |         |                          |               |
+------------+------------+----------+---------+--------------------------+---------------++
|B) Financial Instruments                                                                  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]                                 |
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+
|Type of     |Expiration   |Exercise/Conversion |Number of voting rights   |% of voting    |
|financial   |Date[xv]     | Period/ Date[xvi]  |that may be acquired if   |rights         |
|instrument  |             |                    |the instrument is         |               |
|            |             |                    |exercised/converted       |               |
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+
                           |SUBTOTAL B (in      |                          |               |
                           |relation to all     |                          |               |
                           |expiration dates)   |                          |               |
                           +--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+

+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| 1,630,551   | 1,630,551               | 6.62%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

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:
Done at [place] on [date].

Annex to the standard formTR-1 [xviii]
a)Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation:

 Full name (including legal form for      Artemis Investment Management Limited
 legal entities)

 Contact address (registered office for   42 Melville Street
 legal entities)                          Edinburgh, EH3 7HA

 Phone number                             0131 718 0411

 Other useful information (at least legal ..................
 representative for legal persons)

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

 Full name    .....................................................................

 Contact      .....................................................................
 address      .....................................................................

 Phone number .....................................................................

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

c)Additional information
[i]



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