Golfgate: Phil Hogan defends his actions and shares details of travels

Mr Hogan published the timeline as part of his report to the EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan has published a full timeline of his movements in Ireland in and around the controversial Oireachtas golf event in Clifden last Wednesday.

Mr Hogan told EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that to his best understanding, his justification for entering County Kildare on three occasions to obtain essential working documents or to get my belongings for the purpose of returning home to Brussels constitutes “a reasonable excuse” under the regulations.