AIB makes pre-tax profit of €291m after big loss in 2020
By John Campbell
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image captionLast month the bank announced it was closing eight branches in Northern Ireland
AIB made a pre-tax profit of €291m (£248m) in the first half of 2021, compared to a €909m (£774m) loss in the same period of 2020.
Its UK division, which includes its Northern Ireland business, had a pre-tax profit of £47m.
In July the bank announced it was closing eight branches in Northern Ireland, reducing its NI branch network to just seven.
The bank is also withdrawing from small business lending in Great Britain.
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