Irish minister resigns over golf dinner that may have breached Covid-19 regulations
by Reuters in Dublin from on (#57613)
Agriculture minister Dara Calleary attended just after Ireland's restrictions tightened
Ireland's agriculture minister has resigned after he said he had damaged the national effort to contain Covid-19 by attending a social event police were investigating for an alleged breach of health regulations.
Dara Calleary was among more than 80 guests at a hotel dinner hosted by the Irish parliament's golf society the night after he and his cabinet colleagues significantly tightened nationwide restrictions to try to rein in an increase in infections.
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