Sir, - I was astonished to hear of the £401 million profit announced by Allied Irish Bank for the first six months of this year.
I am prompted to suggest that, as a millennium token, AIB might consider making a gesture to repay those who came to its aid in its darkest hour when the ill-considered purchase of the Insurance Corporation of Ireland brought it to the brink of collapse. - Yours, etc., Don Heenan,
Williamstown, Rathvilly, Co Carlow.