RNS Number:0664T
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
10 December 2003


Bank of Ireland Group announces that on 9 December 2003, it purchased 550,000
units of Ordinary Stock at a price of Euro 10.6091 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: 10 December 2003


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