McInerney Holdings PLC 18 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company McInerney Holdings plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Bank of Ireland Asset Management Ltd 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited 6,44,710 Nortrust Nominees Limited 28,598 Citibank Nominees Limited 62,421 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 6. Percentage of issued class 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 408,196 8. Percentage of issued class 1.23% 9. Class of security Ordinary 10. Date of transaction 11 Date company informed 17.02.2005 12. Total holding following this notification 6,532,729 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 19.72% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Mark Shakespeare Date of notification 17.02.2005 This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange