#Golfgate: Phil Hogan offers 'profound apology' for 'stress and offence'; Dáil to return early

It comes as the pressure mounts on the EU’s trade commissioner to resign.

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan has released a statement apologising for the "the unnecessary stress, risk and offence" caused by his attendance at Wednesday's Oireachtas Golf society dinner in Co. Galway.

It comes as the pressure mounts on the EU’s trade commissioner to resign.