New office & Director resign

W.H. Ireland Group PLC
30 May 2007


WH Ireland Group plc (WH Ireland)


New Office Opening and Director Resignation


WH Ireland, the investment banking group, announces that its subsidiary, WH
Ireland Ltd,  has opened a new stockbroking office in Bristol which will be
manned by four stockbrokers, three of whom have recently joined the firm. This
brings to 16, the number of its offices in the UK.


WH Ireland also announces that Finance Director, Derek Ashford, who has been
with the Group for eight years, will be leaving on 3rd August 2007 to go into
private practice. A replacement will be announced in due course. The board of WH
Ireland would like to thank him for his significant contribution to the growth
of the group during his tenure in office.


For further information contact:


Laurie Beevers

WH Ireland Group PLC                   0161 832 6644


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