Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has warned his fellow ministers to “dial down” their expectations for the forthcoming budget, senior Government sources have said.

Ireland is highly compliant with new international tax rules and is one of only three countries worldwide to have the highest levels of transparency in its domestic tax system, according to international financial monitoring body the OECD.

HOMOSEXUAL men and transgender people should get equal access to HIV/AIDS programmes under the World Health Organisation’s first guidelines aimed at ending the stigma that denies care to many, the UN agency said yesterday.