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Greencore Group PLC
06 October 2004

GREENCORE GROUP PLC



CONTACT:               MR. C. O'LEARY         TELEPHONE: [phone]
                                                    FAX: [phone]



NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN GREENCORE SHARES


GREENCORE GROUP PLC ('GREENCORE') HAS RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION TODAY FROM BANK OF
IRELAND ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED ('BANK OF IRELAND') DATED 5th OCTOBER, 2004,
THAT BANK OF IRELAND HAS A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN 30,854,275 (16.05%) ORDINARY
SHARES IN THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL OF GREENCORE.  OF THESE, 1,269,666
SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF NORTRUST NOMINEES, 389,331 SHARES ARE
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CITIBANK NOMINEES LIMITED, 342,229 SHARES ARE
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, 122,680
SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF MELLON BANK NOMINIEES LIMITED AND
28,730,369 SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF BANK OF IRELAND NOMINEES LIMITED
AS REGISTERED OWNERS ONLY, ON BEHALF OF A RANGE OF CLIENTS WHO ARE EACH THE
BENEFICIAL OWNER OF A PORTION OF THE SHAREHOLDING.


C. O'Leary
Assistant Group Secretary



Greencore Group plc,
St. Stephen's Green House,
Earlsfort Terrace,
Dublin 2.                                  6th October, 2004.




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