The market approved of, but did not love, Bank of Ireland and AIB’s first-half results, announced this Wednesday and last Friday respectively. That solid results didn’t elicit a strong reaction from investors goes to show how far the two banks have progressed in the last two years. The story looks quite different depending on when you start.  If you start around two years ago, in October 2020, the Irish banks have been on a great run. Since then Bank of Ireland’s share price is up 233 per cent. AIB’s is up 140 per cent. These are large companies. Big companies’…