DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish manufacturing growth cooled in May as supply issues pushed input costs to a near-record high and higher prices dampened client appetite, a survey showed on Wednesday. The AIB S&P Global manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 56.4 from 59.1 in April. Any figure above 50.0 indicates an improvement in manufacturing conditions, but the rate of improvement was the slowest since February last year. AIB’s chief economist Oliver Mangan said there was a clear easing in growth momentum from the elevated levels of the past year, but the drop was in line with the w…