  We present results of a multi-wavelength program to study the faint discrete
X-ray source population discovered by Chandra in the Galactic Centre (GC). From
IR imaging obtained with the VLT we identify candidate K-band counterparts to
75% of the X-ray sources in our sample. By combining follow-up VLT K-band
spectroscopy of a subset of these candidate counterparts with the magnitude
limits of our photometric survey, we suggest that only a small percentage of
the sources are HMXBs, while the majority are likely to be canonical LMXBs and
CVs at the distance of the GC. In addition, we present our discovery of highly
structured small-scale (5-15") extinction towards the Galactic Centre. This is
the finest-scale extinction study of the Galactic Centre to date. Finally, from
these VLT observations we are able to place constraints on the stellar
counterpart to the ``bursting pulsar'' GRO J1744-28.
