Holding(s) in Company

14 April 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]:
            09 April 2010
6.         Date on which issuer notified; 12 April 2010
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 6%








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|1,521,551   |1,521,551 |1,438,463|1,438,463  |              |5.84% |        |
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+--
|            |            |          |         |           |              |      |        |
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+--
|SUBTOTAL A  |1,521,551   |1,521,551 |1,438,463|1,438,463                 |5.84%          |
|(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 |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| 1,438,463   | 1,438,463               | 5.84%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

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 form TR-1 [xviii]
a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation:
Full name (including legal form for legal  Artemis Investment Management Limited
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



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