Holding(s) in Company

11 April 2011

As received on 11 April 2011 and pursuant to its obligations under the
Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 ("The Regulations"), Irish
Continental Group plc sets out below details of a notification received under
The Regulations.


Tom Corcoran
Company Secretary




Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached: IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP PLC
2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or
boxes):
[X]     an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
            State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
            07 April 2011
6.         Date on which issuer notified; 11 April 2011
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%

8.         Notified details:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                         |
+-------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------+--
|Class/type of|Situation       |Resulting situation after the triggering     |
|shares (if   |previous to the |transaction                                  |
|possible     |Triggering      |                                             |
|using the    |transaction     |                                             |
|ISIN CODE)   +--------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------------------+--
|             |Number  |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of voting rights |
|             |of      |of     |of     |rights           |                   |
|             |Shares  |Voting |shares |                 |                   |
|             |        |ri hts +-------+--------+--------+----------+--------+--
|             |        |       |Direct |Direct  |Indirect|Direct    |Indirect|
+-------------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+----------+--------+--
|IE0033336516 |736,540 |736,540|861,032|861,032 |        |          |3.45%   |
+-------------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+----------+--------+--
|             |        |       |       |        |        |          |        |
+-------------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------+----------+--------+--
|SUBTOTAL A   |        |       |       |                 |                   |
|(based on    |        |       |       |                 |                   |
|aggregate    |736,540 |736,540|861,032|          861,032|3.45%              |
|voting       |        |       |       |                 |                   |
|rights)      |        |       |       |                 |                   |
+-------------+--------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------------------+-+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+-------------+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of      |Expiration |Exercise/Conversion |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial    |Date       |Period/ Date        |rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument   |           |                    |acquired if the    |           |
|             |           |                    |instrument is      |           |
|             |           |                    |exercised/converted|           |
+-------------+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|             |           |                    |                   |           |
+-------------+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|             |           |                    |                   |           |
+-------------+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------+
                          |SUBTOTAL B (in      |                   |           |
                          |relation to all     |                   |           |
                          |expiration dates)   |                   |           |
                          +--------------------+-------------------+-----------+

+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|             | 861,032                 | 3.45%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold
[number] voting rights as of [date].
11.       Additional information:
Done at  Dublin on 11 April 2011





Annex to the standard form TR-1
a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation:
Full name (including legal form for    State Street Global Advisors Ireland
legal entities)                        Limited

Contact address (registered office for 40 Mespil Road, Dublin 4
legal entities)

Phone number                           [phone]

Other useful information (at least     ..................
legal representative for legal
persons)
b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable:
Full name    .....................................................................

Contact      .....................................................................
address      .....................................................................

Phone number .....................................................................

Other useful
information
(e.g.
functional
relationship
with the
person or
legal entity
subject to
the
notification
obligation)
c)         Additional information







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