“The fact that it’s a distraction on its own doesn’t merit the action that you’re suggesting.” Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that controversy alone would not be a good enough reason to ask Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, to step down. When part of the speech Martin gave when firing former TD Barry Cowen was […]

4 years ago

“He would have been a fine Minister – and I think, will again have an opportunity into the future.” Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that he “felt very sorry” for Dara Calleary after the so-called GolfGate scandal. During Virgin Media’s The Big Interview, the Taoiseach said that he was “very annoyed” about the highly controversial […]

5 years ago

82 people attended the controversial dinner in Clifden last August. Four people are to face prosecution over alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations at the Oireachtas Golf Society’s dinner in Galway last August. A file in relation to the political controversy was forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions last month by An Garda Síochána. Gardaí […]

5 years ago

The motion, put forward by Leo Varadkar, was unanimously agreed. Three Fine Gael senators who lost the party whip over their attendance at the infamous Golfgate event during the summer have had their membership reinstated. The three senators who attended the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner have been reinstated after a vote, as unanimously agreed by […]

5 years ago

Hopefully not for a while. The cries of ‘cancel culture’, ‘snowflake’ and ‘a good man’ have been pretty prevalent across social media, opinion pieces and WhatsApp groups in recent days. “The mob get their man,” one former Fine Gael councillor said on Twitter. Maybe it is strange to see an Irish politician be held account […]

6 years ago