Holding(s) in Company

Notification of Substantial Shareholding
Pursuant to the obligation placed on us by LR6.6.7 of the Listing
Rules, we advise that on 12th April 2007 the Company received
notification that following a purchase by Dresdner Kleinwort
Securities Limited ("DKSL") of 1,325,304 ordinary shares on 20 March
2007, they had a notifiable interest in the issued shares of Irish
Continental Group plc ("the Company") of 1,772,235 ICG Units or 7.5%.
This interest arose to hedge clients' CFD positions. These shares
were registered in the name of Dresdner Kleinworth Securities
Nominees Limited.
Following the sale of 1,325,304 ICG Units on 3 April, DKSL no longer
held a notifiable interest in the shares of the Company.
Dresdner Kleinwort Group Limited ("DKGL") is the holding company of
DKSL. DKGL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dresdner Investmenrs (UK)
Limited ("Dresdner Investments"), a direct subsidiary of Zenon
Beteiligungs GmbH ("Zenon"), a direct subsidiary of Dresdner.
Dresdner is a direct subsidiary of Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmbH
("Allianz Finanz"), which is itself a direct subsidiary of Allianz
SE. Accordingly Allianz SE, Allianz, Dresdner, Dresdner Investments,
Zenon and DKGL are deemed to be interested in those shares in which
DKSL is interested.
Tom Corcoran
Company Secretary
13 April 2007

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