RNS Number:2013U
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
14 January 2004

Bank of Ireland Group announces that on 13 January, 2004, it purchased 125,000
units of Ordinary Stock at a price of Euro 11.376 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: 14 January, 2004


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