RNS Number:0601M
Irish Continental Group PLC
06 June 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 : 5 June 2003

Number of Shares : 500,000 (five hundred thousand) representing 2.0% of the
previously issued shares

Price : The price paid was Euro7.60 per share



These shares will be cancelled.

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6 June 2003


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