Irish Life and Permanent is on the verge of availing of a “bad bank” in which it could transfer Permanent TSB’s loss-making home loans, it emerged last night.

THIRD-LEVEL students have called for urgent action to increase the number of psychologists available to schools to ensure college applicants with disabilities are not forced to pay for private assessments.

Students with learning disabilities entering third level education may have to pay for their own psychological assessments, it was claimed today.