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Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said Greece should seek to reduce interest rates on its debts and push for later repayment dates rather than the ?nuclear? options of leaving the euro area and writing off loans.

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Euro-area finance ministers reached a provisional deal intended to keep aid flowing to Greece in return for a commitment to budget targets, buying time to work out the detail of longer-term Greek financing.

Greece should follow in the steps of Ireland's ?constructive engagement? with Europe in dealing with its lingering debt crisis, the country's Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said.

?For Greece, there's a lesson from Ireland,? Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny told CNBC on the sidelines of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation's conference in Dublin on Wednesday.