Hogan set for grilling from MEPs

Former minister Phil Hogan can expect a baptism of fire when he faces a grilling from members of the European Parliament this morning in Brussels on his suitability to become agriculture commissioner.

MEPs were claiming their first victim last night when a majority wanted Britain’s Jonathan Hill to undergo a second hearing after he showed a poor grasp of his financial markets portfolio.

One of the first questions Mr Hogan will face in his three-hour long questioning will be on legal letters he sent to Dublin independent MEP, Nessa Childers, after she informed members about Mr Hogan’s actions in relation to the housing of a Traveller family.