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Shares in Irish Life and Permanent (ILP), the State’s biggest mortgage lender fell by almost 6 per cent today, hitting two-week lows, after saying it had provided exceptional” deposit support to Anglo Irish Bank last September.

Irish Life lost as much as 19 per cent in early trade and at 3.20pm was trading at 5.7 per cent lower at €2.03 in Dublin.