AIB profits fall as exceptional charges and rising costs bite <!-- no image --> <div>Allied Irish Banks reported lower first-half profits on Friday as costs rose and exceptional charges slowed its recovery a decade after Ireland's banking crash.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=4f_5H2Qd6o8:j919CqgHYo8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=4f_5H2Qd6o8:j919CqgHYo8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=4f_5H2Qd6o8:j919CqgHYo8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=4f_5H2Qd6o8:j919CqgHYo8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=4f_5H2Qd6o8:j919CqgHYo8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/4f_5H2Qd6o8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters