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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 Life & Permanent 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

[ ]    an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 

[X] Other

This Report does not reflect an acquisition of shares, but rather on January 1, 2010, Capital Research and Management Company began exercising voting rights for funds that previously voted their own shares.

3.    Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

      Capital Research and Management Company

4.    Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

5.    Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 

      01 January 2010

6.    Date on which issuer notified; 04 January 2010

7.     Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 3% 

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		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE0004678656	0	0	0	0	8,435,059		3.1279%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	0	0	0	8,435,059		3.1279%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	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
8,435,059	8,435,059	3.1279%

9.    Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:  N/A

10.    In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date]. N/A

11.    Additional information:

Please note that Fundamental Investors Inc., a mutual fund under management that has previously submitted a notification on behalf of its holding in Irish Life & Permanent plc, has delegated its voting rights to CRMC as of January 1, 2010

Done at Los Angeles, Calafornia on 04 January 2010.

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