Ireland will have to fight to keep our 12 and a half percent corporation tax rate.

That’s according to the finance minister Paschal Donohoe as the G7 indicates it wants a worldwide rate set at 15%.

Barry Ward, Fine Gael senator And Rosamond Bennett, the Chief Executive of Christian Aid Ireland, joined Joe Molloy to discuss.

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