UPDATE 1-Irish bank AIB profits fall due to exceptional charges, rising costs <!-- 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=kipn5QaBCM4:dz8YRkWjfbM: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=kipn5QaBCM4:dz8YRkWjfbM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=kipn5QaBCM4:dz8YRkWjfbM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=kipn5QaBCM4:dz8YRkWjfbM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=kipn5QaBCM4:dz8YRkWjfbM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/kipn5QaBCM4" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters