RNS Number:8739Q
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
14 October 2003



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Bank of Ireland

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Bank of Ireland Asset Management Ltd

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

As 2

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd - 57,821,022

Nortrust Nominees - 2,514,056

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd - 46,272

Citibank Nominees Ltd - 870,542

Mellon Nominees Ltd - 102,421

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A

6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

Ordinary Stock

10. Date of transaction

13 October 2003


11. Date company informed

14 October 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

61,354,313

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.3%

14. Any additional information

Held, as registered owners only, on behalf of a range of clients who are
each the beneficial owner of a portion of the shareholding.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Peter Nugent

Tel: 00 353 1 6043402

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Peter Nugent

Date of notification

14 October 2003

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