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THE TAOISEACH HAS removed the Fianna Fáil party whip from three senators after they attended a controversial Oireachtas Golf Society event earlier this week.
A Fianna Fáil spokesperson confirmed Micheál Martin has removed the party whip from Senators Paul Daly, Aidan Davitt and Niall Blaney.
81 people are said to have attended the event in Galway on Wednesday, with the room divided into two. The Irish Examiner, which first reported the story, alleged that up to 10 people were seated at tables.
The event appears to have breached public health guidelines, which state that no events, parties or gatherings involving more than six people should be held indoors.
An Garda Síochána today launched an investigation into the event. The three Fianna Fáil senators apologised for their attendance earlier today.
The Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar removed the party whip from three Fine Gael senators who were also in attendance on Wednesday.
Senators Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke and John Cummins were among a number of politicians at the event.
Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary resigned from his position as Minister for Agriculture earlier today following his attendance.
Speaking to Midwest Radio, Calleary said he “made a big mistake” and decided to resign after issuing his initial apology last night.
“I made a big mistake. I shouldn’t have gone to the function. I didn’t want to let people down and I take responsibility for that mistake,” the TD said.
“I’ve let people down, I’ve angered a lot of people, I’ve stressed a lot of people that had to make very difficult calls in the last six months about family funerals etc.”
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Mary Robinson is an amazing woman…and she’s there because of the influential people and countries that ‘do’ listen to her and….
That is why she does what others find excuses not to do!
Mary helps the less fortunate..we could do with her extraordinary positive intelligence right about now
I hope she can bring help to the situation. Its scary to think that a number greater than the population of Ireland is under the malnutrition line…
Waste of time and money!
Dont they realize the international community is really not that interested.
Shut up, idiot.
Gud ol Mary glory hunting as usual, she was stuck in d middle of d queens visit tho it was the president that organised it n now she’s glory hunting again. Worst president we Ever had.
I tend to agree with u, Randy. I always got the impression that she was self serving. She’s a “champagne socialist”. Didn’t she & her father object to a site that was to be devoted to travellers in Mayo years ago. The site happened to be near her Dad’s home. Eamon Dunphy was right about her all along – “official Ireland”. A real Not In My Back Yard. The problems in the Horn Of Africa are dreadful & it is wrong to see people suffer. Let’s hope international aid will come to help them. However – I feel the world doesn’t need a self serving person like her to make us all aware. She got extremely well paid when President & is in receipt of a very handsome pension. She hasn’t taken a cut voluntarily to help out our own country. So, Randy – u are right. The worst president – ever.
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