AIB upgrades full-year guidance on first-half profits of €939m

Income and loan book increases

AIB’s new mortgage lending in Ireland was €2bn, resulting in a mortgage market share of 30%.

AIB has upgraded its full-year guidance as it grew income and its loan book in the first half of the year.

The bank posted profit after tax of €939m for the first half, with earnings per share of 42.2c.