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Mortgage borrowers with Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank, First Active, Permanent TSB, National Irish Bank and EBS will receive the full 0.5 per cent cut in interest rates introduced by central banks yesterday.

This follows on from commitments made yesterday by AIB and Bank of Scotland (Ireland), which includes its retail banking arm Halifax, to cut their rates.