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Wednesday 23 September 2020
Its communications strategy has been a mess at a crucial time for public health, Brexit and the economy, writes Clonan.
“I didn’t get due process, unlike others,” the former EU Commissioner said in an interview.
Ursula von der Leyen said that McGuinness has “significant political experience on EU issues”.
There was public fury over revelations that around 80 guests, including serving and former politicians, attended the golf dinner.
Dara Calleary resigned last month amid the Golfgate controversy.
The Dáil was recalled early this year to deal with Covid-19 and the reopening of the country.
A number of high-profile names are in the mix.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
Billy Kelleher, Seán Kelly, and Ciarán Cuffe have written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin to ask for MEPs to be treated as essential workers for travel purposes.
Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has said she is interested in the role.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe have ruled themselves out of the running.
Picking a successor could be politically fraught.
Phil Hogan came to the “reluctant conclusion” yesterday that he should step down from his senior EU job.
Phil Hogan resigned as Trade Commissioner last night.
The unending revelations from GolfGate took a toll on the trade commissioner.
Phil Hogan resigned from his role this evening.
“Of course I broke no law, I broke no regulations, but I could have adhered better to the guidelines,” he told RTÉ this evening.
Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall says ‘it’s a bit rich’.
Hogan tweeted out tonight that he wanted to clarify he does accept the HSE advice, but didn’t accept an assertion made during the interview.
It depends on why you got tested: after travelling back from Ireland, or Covid-19 symptoms.
Ursula von der Leyen had requested further clarifications from Hogan on the golfgate controversy.
The EU Commissioner has issued a statement about his movements during his time in Ireland.
Hogan has come under increasing pressure to explain his movements to and from the Oireachtas Golf Society event.
The coalition has been rocked by resignations and calls for those in the public eye to step aside.
Former minister Shane Ross says the recent ‘golfgate’ event in Clifden has the familiar ring of political and judicial cosiness.
Dr Laura Cahillane and Dr David Kenny say the controversy around Judge Seamus Woulfe’s attendance at the recent Clifden event shows the need to tidy up our oversight of the judiciary.
Meanwhile, former Kildare junior minister Áine Brady has apologised for her attendance at the event.
More information about Hogan’s movements has emerged over the weekend.
The story made headlines news in the UK, the US, France and Germany.
Last night, it emerged that Hogan was stopped by gardaí while driving to the dinner.
Micheál Martin said the judiciary must deal with the matter.
Calleary resigned from Cabinet last Friday over his attendance at a golfing dinner in Galway.
Hogan travelled to Kildare while it was under localised lockdown, on his way to Co Galway.
TDs are expected to return two weeks ahead of schedule on 1 September.
The IHF said there was a “time-lag” from the government announcing new restrictions to the update guidance on how it affects industry.
“Behind every headline, at the heart of the story but not part of the story, are journalists.”
They said in a statement tonight that Hogan needs “to give a full account and explanations of his actions”.
Opposition leaders have called on the Dáil to resume business in the wake of the latest Government controversy.
Lise Hand draws parallels between Fianna Fáil past and present: “It was this lethal combination of incoherence and arrogance which did it for the government in 2011.”
Taoiseach Micheál Martin had called on Hogan to offer a ‘meaningful response’.
81 people are said to have attended the event in Clifden this week.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
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