Holding(s) in Company

27 August 2010

As received on 26 August 2010 and 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]:
       Ameriprise Financial Inc
4.     Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:
       Threadneedle Asset Management Holding Ltd

5.      Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached[v]:
       25/8/2010
6.     Date on which issuer notified; 26/08/2010
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|1,555,450   |1,555,450 |         |           |1,751,406     |      |7.009%  |
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+-
|            |            |          |         |           |              |      |        |
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+-
|SUBTOTAL A  |            |          |         |                 1,751,406|               |
|(based on   |            |          |         |                          |7.009%         |
|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 |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|             | 1,751,406               | 7.009%             |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

9.     Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable[xvii]:
Ameriprise Financial Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls
the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, Columbia
Wanger Asset Management LLC, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting
rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and
Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd - 1,751,406 Shares

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 Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, Holbrook House, Station
Road, Swindon SN1 HH on 26/08/2010

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           Ameriprise Financial Inc
 entities)

 Contact address (registered office for legal         1099 Ameriprise Financial
Centre
entities)                                      Minneapolis, MN 55474,USA

Phone number

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
b)      Identity of the notifier, if applicable[xix]:
Full name    Stacey Dryburgh

Contact      Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, Holbrook House, Station
address      Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, England SN1 1HH


Phone number [phone]
             .....................................................................

Other useful Threadneedle is a UK based asset management subsidiary of Ameriprise
information
(e.g.
functional
relationship
with the
person or
legal entity
subject to
the
notification
obligation)
c)    Additional information


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