European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan apologised again on Sunday for attending a golf dinner in Ireland that may have breached COVID-19 rules.
As a result, this incident The sparked public anger and prompted demands in the Irish opposition for EU trade commissioner Mr Phil Hogan to consider his position, as he also attended the dinner on Wednesday night.
“I wish to apologise fully and unreservedly for attending the Oireachtas golf society dinner on Wednesday night last,” Hogan wrote in a tweet.
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However, Mr Hogan will not be resigning from his position, his spokesperson has told RTÉ News.
For the uninitiated, Mr Hogan spent 25 years as a member of Ireland’s Parliament, representing the Fine Gael party.
In 2014, the 60-year-old leader was appointed as the European Union’s commissioner for agriculture and rural development. Last year, he became the EU’s commissioner for trade.
