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Voting Rights and Capital

9th June 2008

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 on 9th June 2008 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):
[ ] 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
[X] an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation :
Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) :
Deutsche Bank AG
Tilney Investment Management
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached :
N/A
6. Date on which issuer notified;
09/06/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
6%
8. Notified details:

A) Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE) Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [i] Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[ii]
Number of Shares[iii] >Number of Voting rights[iv] Number of shares[v] Number of voting rights[vi] % of voting rights
Direct Direct[vii] Indirect[viii] Direct Indirect
IE0033336516 1,473,782 1,473,782 1,466,015 1,466,015 400 5.96% 0.00%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) . . .
1,466,015
5.96%

B) Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[ix]
Type of financial instrument Expiration Date[x] Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date[xi] Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted % of voting rights
. SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) .



Total (A+B)

number of voting rights

% of voting rights

1,466,415

5.96%

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: