Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

24 March 2010
Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC)
Regulations 2007 ("The Regulations"), Irish Continental Group plc sets out below
details of two notifications 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:

            Mr. Eamonn Rothwell

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:

            23 March 2010

6.         Date on which issuer notified;

            23 March 2010

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

            8%, 7%, 6%.




8.         Notified details:



+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+--------------+------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of |Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering    |
|shares (if    |to the Triggering |transaction                                 |
|possible using|transaction       |                                            |
|the ISIN CODE)+----------+-------+----------+----------------+----------------+
|              |Number of |Number |Number of |Number of voting|% of voting     |
|              |Shares    |of     |shares    |rights          |rights          |
|              |          |Voting +----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|              |          |rights |Direct    |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|ICG Unit (ISIN|2,188,571 |       |1,233,571 |      |         |5.0%  |         |
|IE0033336516) |          |       |          |      |         |      |         |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|              |          |       |          |      |         |      |         |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|SUBTOTAL A    |2,188,571 |       |1,233,571 |                |5.0%            |
|(based on     |          |       |          |                |                |
|aggregate     |          |       |          |                |                |
|voting rights)|          |       |          |                |                |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+----------------+----------------+


+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|Type of     |Expiration  |Exercise/Conversion   |Number of voting     |% of   |
|financial   |Date        |Period/ Date          |rights that may be   |voting |
|instrument  |            |                      |acquired if the      |rights |
|            |            |                      |instrument is        |       |
|            |            |                      |exercised/converted  |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|            |            |                      |                     |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|            |            |                      |                     |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
                          |SUBTOTAL B (in        |                     |       |
                          |relation to all       |                     |       |
                          |expiration dates)     |                     |       |
                          +----------------------+---------------------+-------+


+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|             | 1,233,571               | 5.0%               |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+


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:






                               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:

            Rokeby Investments 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:

            23(rd) March 2010

6.         Date on which issuer notified;

            23(rd) March 2010

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

            7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 11%.




8.         Notified details:



+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+--------------+------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of |Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering    |
|shares (if    |to the Triggering |transaction                                 |
|possible using|transaction       |                                            |
|the ISIN CODE)+----------+-------+----------+----------------+----------------+
|              |Number of |Number |Number of |Number of voting|% of voting     |
|              |Shares    |of     |shares    |rights          |rights          |
|              |          |Voting +----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|              |          |rights |Direct    |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|ICG Unit (ISIN|1,750,300 |       |2,755,400 |      |         |11.2% |         |
|IE0033336516) |          |       |          |      |         |      |         |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|              |          |       |          |      |         |      |         |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+------+---------+------+---------+
|SUBTOTAL A    |1,750,300 |       |2,755,400 |                |11.2%           |
|(based on     |          |       |          |                |                |
|aggregate     |          |       |          |                |                |
|voting rights)|          |       |          |                |                |
+--------------+----------+-------+----------+----------------+----------------+


+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|Type of     |Expiration  |Exercise/Conversion   |Number of voting     |% of   |
|financial   |Date        |Period/ Date          |rights that may be   |voting |
|instrument  |            |                      |acquired if the      |rights |
|            |            |                      |instrument is        |       |
|            |            |                      |exercised/converted  |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|            |            |                      |                     |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|            |            |                      |                     |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
                          |SUBTOTAL B (in        |                     |       |
                          |relation to all       |                     |       |
                          |expiration dates)     |                     |       |
                          +----------------------+---------------------+-------+


+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|             | 2,755,400               | 11.2%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+


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:

Rokeby Investments Limited is wholly owned and controlled by Eamonn Rothwell.





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