Bank of Ireland sees full year EPS up 3 to 5 pct

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Bank of Ireland (BKIR.I) said on Monday it expected to report underlying earnings growth of 3 to 5 percent for the year to the end of March.

"The performance of the group is as indicated in our recent interim management statement," Bank of Ireland said in a trading statement to coincide with the end of its business year.

"Bank of Ireland confirms its guidance of achieving expected underlying EPS (earnings per share) growth of circa 3 percent to 5 percent for the year to 31 March 2008."

(Reporting by Paul Hoskins)