The show’s creator, Brendan O’Carroll, 62, who plays a foul-mouthed matriarch, is not involved in the scheme detailed in the papers, but members of his family are.

The ministers, including Paschal Donohoe, are meeting in Brussels today and will be discussing the fallout from the so-called Paradise Papers.

Agreement on an EU blacklist of worldwide tax havens is expected to be finalised in the coming weeks as governments and finance authorities step up the monitoring of offshore account users.

It's more than 1,000 years since King William the Conqueror of England commissioned the Domesday Book, a record of “The Great Survey” of much of England and parts of Wales to establish “how many hundreds of hides were in the shire, what land the king himself had, and what stock upon the land; or, what dues he ought to have by the year from the shire”. 

Three stars of the television sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys diverted more than £2m (€2.26m) to a tax-avoidance scheme, according to the Paradise Papers leak that has revealed the offshore investments of numerous high-profile celebrities.

The latest tax avoidance revelations by wealthy companies and individuals should hopefully prompt greater action to make them pay their taxes, writes Michael Clifford

Apple moved a multi-billion euro tax avoidance scheme from Ireland to Jersey, after the Government announced the end of the so called 'Double Irish' tax loophole, it was reported today.

The Queen’s finances should fall within the scope of an investigation into the Paradise Papers leak, Jeremy Corbyn has suggested.

"The OECD has said that Ireland is one of only 22 countries in the world out of nearly 200 that is fully compliant with tax transparency and I think that is very important ."

U2 frontman Bono is among a line-up of high-profile celebrities to be named in the Paradise Papers, it is reported.

When the Panama Papers were released in 2016, they thrust a spotlight on the tax affairs of the rich and powerful.