McInerney Holdings PLC 18 November 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES AVS NO 2005-05 All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of company 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest McInerney Holdings plc Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one that it is in respect of holding of the holder, the number of shares held by each of them 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 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited 5,682,143 age of 18 Citibank Nominees Limited 66,059 Nortrust Nominees Limited 281,849 AIB Nominees Limited 53,869 Number of shares/ 6. Percentage of issued 7. Number of shares/amount 8. Percentage of issued class amount of stock class of stock disposed acquired 9. Class of security 10. Date of transaction 11. Date company informed Ordinary 18.11.05 12. Total holding following this notification 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6,083,920 18.35% 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 Kevin Daly Mark Shakespeare Date of notification 18th November 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