RNS Number:7814S
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
03 December 2003


Bank of Ireland Group announces that on 2 December 2003, it purchased 300,000
units of Ordinary Stock at a price of Euro 10.5797 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: 3 December 2003



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