AIB company secretary Mr William Kinsella has made a profit of more than €43,000 (£34,000) from share options. Mr Kinsella bought 5,000 AIB shares at an option price of €3.35 and then sold the shares in the market for €12 each.

Mr James Osborne, a director of Golden Vale, has increased his stake in the foods group to 180,000 shares after buying a further 80,000 shares at €0.78 each. The cost of the investment to Mr Osborne was €62,400.

Grafton Group director Mr Colm O Nuallain has made a profit of more than €244,000 (£197,000) after exercising share options and then selling the shares in the market. Mr O Nuallain bought 10,000 shares at an option price of €5.57 and then sold them for €30 each.