The truth of the matter is that this is the kind of entitled attitude that got Hogan into trouble in the first place.
Independent TD Noel Grealish and former Fianna Fáil TD Donie Cassidy are to appear before a Co. Galway district court.
First we had Golfgate, where a raft of politicians including a Minister and an EU Commissioner joined a Supreme Court judge and various broadcasters and political elites to golf, dine and mingle in the middle of a Coronavirus lockdown. The anger expressed at the flouting of the rules was exacerbated by the fact that some of those […]
The publication, last evening, of letters between the Chief Justice, Frank Clarke, and Mr. Justice Seamus Woulfe, in which Clarke tells Woulfe that, in his opinion, Woulfe should resign, have caused a major political headache for the Government. On the one hand, the politics of this situation are fairly straightforward: Woulfe is a villain, who […]
For the past two weeks the country has been transfixed with Golfgate: who attended, did they wear masks during the shindig (No), what kind of tour of the country did Big Phil take, who was going to resign, what on earth were they thinking, and much more. This is understandable. The arrogance and sense of […]
With #GolfGate sending shockwaves through the country, Ben Scallan asks if our most senior politicians have been taking their own lockdown rules seriously since the beginning.
The kind of audio you must listen to two or three times because you don’t really believe he said it the first time. But say it, he did: Phil Hogan finally telling the truth as he explains how two tier Ireland really works "If they knew I was a commissioner or politician the Gardai wouldn't […]
The public’s reaction to Golfgate has been swift and brutal. Indeed, it has now occasioned more public mea culpa’s than you could shake a stick at. Yet still the public and political appetite for scalps, of both the EU and judicial variety has not been sated. No doubt this lamentable saga, with all its […]
‘Are they really serious, or do they think there’s no pandemic’ asks Mattie McGrath re #GolfGate but says that Phil Hogan, the EU Trade Commissioner who also attended should resign. #gript