An application to merge Bank of Ireland Private Banking into Bank of Ireland will be heard at the Commercial Court next month.

Two of the country's biggest banks are trying to reassure the public that they could cope with another recession.

TURN on the radio or pick up a newspaper and you might just notice that there is an inquiry tasked with finding out why this State was nearly destroyed by its banks. It is in this context that I ask the question: why are Bank of Ireland (BOI) and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) running banks in our schools?