Ireland, which has used its decades-old 12.5 percent tax rate to woo several hundred U.S. multinationals to its shores, is resisting mounting pressure as one of a handful of holdouts to the emerging global accord due to be formalized at next month’s G20 summit.

Businessman, Declan Ganley and Eoghan Howe, Vice President of the Foreign Direct Investment team at Bank of Ireland, joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder...

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