RNS Number:2689J
Irish Continental Group PLC
27 March 2003




                            IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP

                          STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT


Purchase of Own Shares

Irish Continental Group announces that it has made a purchase of its own
Ordinary Shares on the market as follows;

Date of Transaction : 26 March 2003

Number of Shares : 159,000 (one hundred and fifty nine thousand) representing
0.64% of the previously issued shares

Price : The price paid was Euro7.80 per share



These shares will be cancelled.

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27 March 2003


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