21 Sep 2007

Total Voting Rights

Bank of Ireland Group

(The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland)

Total Voting Rights

In conformity with Regulation 20 of the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007, the issued share capital (with voting rights) of Bank of Ireland as at 31 August 2007 consists of 990,686,162 units of Ordinary Stock of nominal value €0.64 each. Bank of Ireland also holds 35,367,592 units of Ordinary Stock in treasury, which do not carry voting rights.

The figure which should be used by stockholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Bank of Ireland under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 is, therefore, 990,686,162.

Ends.

Contacts:

John Clifford,
Group Secretary
Tel: +353 1 6043400

Geraldine Deighan,
Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +353 1 6043501

Dan Loughrey,
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +353 1 6043833