Appointment

CRH PLC
27 February 2003

                             N E W S R E L E A S E



                                                               February 27, 2003

                                CRH APPOINTMENT
                           FINANCE DIRECTOR DESIGNATE



CRH plc announces the appointment of Mr. Myles Lee as Finance Director Designate
of the Group. He will take over at the end of the current financial year, on the
retirement of Mr. Harry Sheridan.


Mr. Sheridan joined the Group in October 1967 and has served as Finance Director
since December 1987. Mr. Lee, aged 49, joined the Group in 1982 and became
General Manager Finance in January 1988.


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Contact : [phone]
Liam O'Mahony, Chief Executive
Harry Sheridan, Finance Director




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