Awards for Excellence 2008: Ireland

Although the end of the property and construction boom made it a worrying year for Irish banks, Allied Irish has managed to turn in decent results and post gains in market share across a number of segments in its home market including business lending, personal lending, residential mortgages and deposit.

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Best bank: Allied Irish

Best debt house: HSBC

Although the end of the property and construction boom made it a worrying year for Irish banks, Allied Irish has managed to turn in decent results and post gains in market share across a number of segments in its home market including business lending, personal lending, residential mortgages and deposit.

The bank’s private banking business has also put in a good performance, growing deposits and loans by more than 25% in 2007.

Allied Irish has also been successful in keeping a lid on impaired loans, which rose just 0.1

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