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AI visibility

What AI assistants say about Bank of Ireland

We asked ChatGPT

“What are the best banks in Ireland? Which would you recommend and why?”

Bank of Ireland was among the recommendations

Also named:

AIB (Allied Irish Banks)Permanent TSB (PTSB)MonzoRevolutN26

“Short answer: there’s no single “best” bank for everyone - it depends on what you need (branches & mortgages, low fees, great app, small‑business services, etc.). That said, the banks most commonly recommended in Ireland today are: - AIB (Allied Irish Banks) - Best all‑round / biggest retail presence - Large market share for current accounts and mortgages, wide branch/ATM network and broad product range (everyday ban…”

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90/100 AI-readiness

www.bankofireland.com (official site, from public records) · can the AI crawlers read the site? Checked by code, not by a model.

AI assistants can read pages when answering (robots.txt):ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google, Copilot and Mistral can all fetch your pages when a person asks about you.
AI models may train on the site (robots.txt):No training crawler is blocked, so future model versions can learn about the brand from its own pages.
llms.txt for AI assistants:Not found. An llms.txt gives AI tools a reliable, curated summary of who you are.
Homepage reachable:Loads over HTTPS.
Structured data (schema.org):Found 4 JSON-LD blocks (Organization, BankOrCreditUnion, ImageObject, PostalAddress, WebSite).
Title and description:Both present and descriptive.
Sitemap:Listed in robots.txt.
One live question to one assistant, asked by PollyX on Oct 15, 2026 and asked again about once a month. Assistants answer differently every time, so this is a sample, not a score. The full check asks 12 buyer questions of nine assistants and records every page each one reads. How AI visibility is measured

Is Bank of Ireland the first recommendation, and how is it described?

That was one question to one assistant. The full check asks nine assistants 12 buyer questions each, shows where Bank of Ireland is first, listed or absent, who is named instead, which pages the assistants read, and what to publish to change it.

Looking for what real people say? See the Bank of Ireland brand sentiment snapshot.

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