RNS Number:0330U
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
09 January 2004


Bank of Ireland Group announces that on 8 January, 2004, it purchased 100,000
units of Ordinary Stock at a price of Euro 10.855 per unit of Ordinary Stock to
be held as Treasury Stock.





For further information please contact:



Fiona Ross              Group Investor Relations           +353 1 604 3501

Anne Mathews            Group Corporate Communications     +353 1 604 3836



Announcement date: 9 January, 2004






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