UNITED STATES	OMB APROVAL
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	OMB Number:  3235-0101
Washington, D.C. 20549	Expires:  December 31, 2009
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FORM 144	hours per response............. 2.00
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES	SEC USE ONLY
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

1 (a)NAME OF ISSUER(Please type or print) ICON plc

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(b)IRS IDENT. NO. N/A

(c)S.E.C. FILE NO.            0-29714

1 (d)ADDRESS OF ISSUER

STREET

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

(e)TELEPHONE NO.

South County Business Park Leopardstown

Dublin 18

Ireland

AREA CODE 011

NUMBER 353-1-216-1100

2(a)NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE         SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD Poplar Limited

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER John Climax, a Director of Poplar Limited, is also a Director of the Issuer.

(d)ADDRESS STREET Kleinworth Benson House, Wests Centre

CITY St. Helier

STATE Jersey

ZIP CODE JE4 8PQ

INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3(a)	(b)	SEC USE ONLY	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold	Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities	Broker-Dealer File Number	Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c))	Aggregate Market Value (See instr.3(d))	Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e))	Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)	Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g))
American Depository Shares	Merrion Capital Block C The Sweepstakes Centre Ballsbridge Dublin 4, Ireland		400,000	$23,200,000	ADR: 1,553,704 Ordinary: 80	10/30/07	NASDAQ

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.	(a)	Name of issuer	3.	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
	(b)	Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number		(b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
	(c)	Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any		(c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
	(d)	Issuer's address, including zip code		(d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
	(e)	Issuer's telephone number, including area code
2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold		(e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
	(b)	Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity		(f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
	(c)	Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%		(g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
		stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
	(d)	Such person's address, including zip code

SEC 1147 (01-07)

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required

to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish  the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired	Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
Ordinary	5/18/98	Founders Shares	ICON plc	1,953,784	N/A	N/A

INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Nature and Address of Seller	Title of Securities Sold	Date of Sale	Amount of Securities Sold	Gross Proceeds
N/A	None	N/A	N/A	N/A

REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS:	ATTENTION:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.	The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
October 30, 2007 DATE OF NOTICE	/s/ John Climax (SIGNATURE)

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

SEC 1147 (01-04)

ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)