UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the date of 0109 December 2014

ALLIED IRISH BANKS, public limited company

 Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F..X... Form 40-F.....

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ..... No ..X...

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________

~~FOR~~For ~~IMMEDIATE~~Immediate ~~RELEASE~~Release 19 December 2014

~~ALLIED~~AIB ~~IRISH~~announces ~~BANKS,~~filing ~~P.L.C.~~of ~~ANNOUNCES~~Form ~~NEW~~15F ~~CHAIRMAN~~with ~~EFFECTIVE~~the ~~START~~United ~~DATE~~States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Further to ~~the~~stock ~~bank's~~exchange ~~Stock~~announcements ~~Exchange~~of ~~release~~4, on16 14and ~~July~~26 ~~2014~~August 2011 and confirmed by subsequent disclosures in its Annual Financial Reports, Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") hereby announces that ~~Mr.~~it ~~Richard~~intends ~~Pym~~to ~~will~~terminate ~~succeed~~the Mrregistration of its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") representing Ordinary Shares of EUR 0.0025 ~~David~~each ~~Hodgkinson~~under asSection ~~Non-Executive~~12(g) ~~Chairman~~of the Securities Exchange Act 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and its reporting obligations under Section 13(a) and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act with ~~effect~~the ~~from~~United 1States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). For this purpose, AIB will today (9 December 2014) file a certificate under Form 15F with the SEC. ~~David~~Upon ~~will~~such ~~remain~~filing, onAIB's reporting obligations with the ~~Board~~SEC aswill aimmediately ~~Non-Executive~~be ~~Director~~suspended. ~~until~~The 18termination ~~December~~of ~~2014~~AIB's registration and reporting obligations is expected to become effective no later than 90 days after the filing of Form 15F.

Chief Executive David Duffy paid tribute to David Hodgkinson for his work over the last four years, stating "David deserves immense credit for his determination in helping AIB to recover and stabilise. He joined the bank as Chairman during a period of extreme crisis and has led the company through a turbulent and difficult time. I have worked closely with him since I joined AIB in December 2011 and deeply appreciate his support since then. AIB welcomes Richard as Chairman and we look forward to working together as we continue to build for the future"-Ends-

.For more information please contact:

David O'Callaghan Company Secretary AIB Bankcentre Dublin Tel: +353-~~ENDS~~1-6414672 email:david.a.o'callaghan@aib.ie

~~For~~Important ~~further~~Information ~~information,~~& ~~please~~Forward-looking ~~contact:~~Statement

David O'Callaghan	Kathleen Barrington
Company Secretary	Media Relations Manager
AIB Bankcentre	AIB Bankcentre
Dublin	Dublin
Tel: +353-1-6414672	Tel: +353-1-7721382
email: david.a.o'callaghan@aib.ie	Email : Kathleen.m.barrington@aib.ie

AIB currently has c.523 billion ordinary shares in issue, of which 99.8% are held by the National Pension Reserve Fund Commission ("NPRFC"), with 500 billion of the ordinary shares issued to the NPRFC in July 2011 at a price of €0.01 per share.

Copies of other relevant market disclosures can be found at the following link:

Investorrelations.aib.ie

This document contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of AIB Group and certain of the plans and objectives of the Group. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as 'aim', 'anticipate', 'target', 'expect', 'estimate', 'intend', 'plan', 'goal', 'believe', 'may', 'could', 'will', 'seek', 'continue', 'should', 'assume', or other words of similar meaning. Examples of forward-looking statements include among others, statements regarding the Group's future financial position, income growth, loan losses, business strategy, projected costs, capital ratios, estimates of capital expenditures, and plans and objectives for future operations. Because such statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These are discussed in more detail in AIB's Annual Financial Report 2013 which has been filed on Form 20-F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition to matters relating to the Group's business, future performance will be impacted by Irish, UK and wider European and global economic and financial market considerations. Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Group speak only as of the date they are made. The Group cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. Investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and events when making an investment decision based on any forward-looking statement.

 ALLIED IRISH BANKS, p.l.c.

(Registrant)

Date: 0109 December 2014

By: ___________________

Mark Bourke

Chief Financial Officer

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.

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