28 June 2007

Issue of Debt

Bank of Ireland has mandated HSBC and UBS Investment Bank to lead manage a benchmark floating rate Dollar Lower Tier 2 issue (Reg S only). The deal will be launched in the near future, subject to market conditions with stabilisation in accordance with article 9(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 implementing the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC).

Enquiries:

Brian Kealy,
Head of Capital Management
Tel: 003531 6043526

Geraldine Deighan,
Head of Investor Relations
Tel: 003531 6043501

Dan Loughrey,
Head of Group Corporate Communications
Tel: 003531 6043833

28-Jun-07

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