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1 Mar 2005 07:00

Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)01 March 2005 Bank of Ireland announces changes to its Court and the Board of Bristol & West plc Mr Maurice Keane has retired from the Court of Directors of Bank of Ireland. Heserved on the Court as an executive Director since 1983 and as a non-executiveDirector since his retirement as Group Chief Executive in February 2002. Bank of Ireland has also announced the appointment of Mr Brian Goggin, GroupChief Executive as Chairman of its UK subsidiary, Bristol & West plc followingthe retirement of Maurice Keane. Maurice was a member of the Board since 1997and Chairman since 2002. Mr Geoffrey Matthews, non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director whohas been a member of the Bristol & West Board since 1996, has been appointed tothe position of vice-Chairman. Mr. David McGowan has been appointed to the Boardof Directors of Bristol & West as an executive Director. He is Managing Directorof Business Banking UK, part of the Bank of Ireland UK Financial ServicesDivision. All changes to the Boards are with effect from 28 February 2005. 1 March 2004 /ENDS Contact:Dan Loughrey, Head of Group Corporate Communications00 353 1 604 3833Fiona Ross, Head of Group Investor Relations00 353 1 604 3501 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange