Ireland calls on EU trade chief to 'consider role' after Covid breach

Taoiseach and deputy make statement following golf event held 24 hours after fresh curbs announced

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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.