Pressure on Buttimer to resign Seanad seat after he apologises for his attendance at golf event

Senator Jerry Buttimer is under pressure over his attendance at the event in Clifden. 

Pressure is mounting on Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer to resign his Seanad seat after he was stripped of the party whip just hours after resigning as Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad.

Against an unprecedented wave of public anger, members of his own party called on him and others in public office who attended the golf function, to consider their positions.