MABS, the State-backed Money Advice and Budgeting Service and the Banking and Payments Federation have announced the agreement, saying it will help consumers who are struggling with mortgage debt.

Killarney National Park has maintained its status as a Unesco world biosphere reserve. However, plans to extend the area of reserve five-fold have been delayed.

Newly appointed Malaysia Airlines boss and former Aer Lingus chief Christoph Mueller has said that the Asian carrier is “technically bankrupt”, underlining the case for a restructuring to cut a third of jobs, scrap some routes, and review its long-haul fleet.