Director/PDMR Shareholding

CRH PLC
02 November 2007


                              2nd November 2007


                    TAKE-UP OF SCRIP DIVIDEND BY TRUSTEES OF
                         CRH plc EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST


The Trustees of the CRH plc Employee Benefit Trust elected to take 147 Ordinary
Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc, at €31.01 per Ordinary Share, in lieu of cash
for the 2007 Interim Dividend, paid on 2nd November 2007, in respect of the
Deferred Shares held by them on behalf of executive directors of CRH plc under
the Company's performance-related incentive plan:



                    Number of Deferred                       Number of Deferred
                  Shares held prior to                        Shares held after
Name                    Scrip Election      Scrip Election       Scrip Election
----                    --------------      --------------       --------------

T.W. Hill                        8,714                  45                8,759          
M. Lee                           5,907                  31                5,938
W.I. O'Mahony                   13,585                  71               13,656


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