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The banks posted strong performances on the Iseq this morning in the wake of Bank of Ireland's financial report this morning.

AIB was up some 13 per cent in morning trading, while BoI powered up over 18 per cent - due to positive noises on BoI's funding side, according to a Dublin-based broker. Irish Life and Permanent was up over 10 per cent.