Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
30 March 2007




30 March 2007







                                Bank of Ireland


             Re-Issue from Treasury Stock; Sharesave Scheme (SAYE)


Bank of Ireland announces that it has today re-issued from Treasury Stock 28,549
units of Ordinary Stock of nominal value of €0.64 each (Ordinary Stock). The
re-issue comprised of 26,378 units of Ordinary Stock at €7.84 per unit arising
under the 2003 scheme and 2,171 units of Ordinary Stock at €5.40 per unit
arising under the 2000 scheme.


Following the re-issue, Bank of Ireland holds 43,143,370 units of Ordinary Stock
as Treasury Stock. The number of units of Ordinary Stock in issue is now
982,405,856 excluding Treasury Stock.


The number of units of euro Preference Stock in issue is 3,026,598 and the
number of units of Sterling Preference Stock in issue is 1,876,090.



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Dan Loughrey, Head of Group Corporate Communications 00-353-1-604-3833



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