Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P) was formed in 1999 from
the merger of Irish Life, Ireland’s largest life company, and
Irish Permanent, the largest residential mortgage lender
in Ireland. The group acquired TSB Bank in 2001. Irish
Permanent and TSB Bank merged to create permanent tsb,
the group’s retail banking division.
The group headquarters are in Dublin and it has more than
150 offices and 5,000 employees, mainly in Ireland with a
small operation in the UK.