NEW: Ireland's Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has hinted that Ireland could support an overhaul of the global corporate tax system within months, despite currently being one of a handful of countries which oppose the current proposals.
2/ Speaking after a eurogroup meeting with the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Brussels, Mr Donohoe, who is president of the eurogroup, said: "It is in the interests of stability and in the interests of the principles we talked about today with Secretary Yellen...
3/ ...that an agreement is reached and I’m going to play my part to see if Ireland can be part of it, and if we can support it later on in the year.
4/ "I want to equally emphasise the commitment I have to working very hard across the coming wks and mths to see if an agreement is possible,
5/ "...because while the challenges of an agreement are apparent at the moment, equally the challenges of an agreement not being in place are equally real."
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