Ireland calls on EU trade chief to 'consider role' after Covid breach
by Agence France-Presse in Dublin from on (#577B4)
Taoiseach and deputy make statement following golf event held 24 hours after fresh curbs announced
Ireland's taoiseach, Micheal Martin, has asked the EU trade commissioner, Phil Hogan, to consider his position after revelations that Hogan attended a parliamentary golfing event in breach of coronavirus guidelines.
Martin and the deputy prime minister, Leo Varadkar - the head of Fine Gael, the party for which Hogan previously served as a lawmaker - spoke to Hogan on Saturday and asked him to consider his position", a government spokesman said.
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