DUBLIN - Ireland’s prime minister and deputy minister asked European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan, Ireland’s representative on the EU’s executive, to consider his position over his attendance at an event being investigated for breaching COVID-19 regulations.
An Irish minister resigned and a number of other lawmakers were disciplined on Friday after they were among more than 80 guests at a hotel dinner hosted by parliament’s golf society, the night after COVID-19 restrictions were significantly tightened. “The Taoiseach and the Tánaiste did speak with Commissioner Hogan today and asked him to consider his position,” a government spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.
Irish national broadcaster RTE quoted a spokesperson for Hogan as saying there would be no response this evening to the call that he consider his position.Hogan’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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