EXHIBIT 23.3



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
(the "Company") for the public offering of shares of common stock and to the
incorporation by reference therein, of our report, dated 3 February 1999, on the
consolidated financial statements of International Public Relations plc, which
report appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated 5 January 2001, of the
Company and which statements are included in the supplemental consolidated
financial statements of the Company incorporated in the Registration Statement
by reference to such Current Report on Form 8-K.


/s/ Ernst & Young

January 5, 2001
London, England