'Embarrassed' Phil Hogan does not accept he broke Covid-19 guidelines

European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan who has been under fire in the wake of the 'Golfgate' scandal

Phil Hogan says that he is "embarrassed" by his attendance at last week's Oireachtas Golf Society dinner, but said that he does not accept the HSE assertion that he broke Covid-19 guidelines.

Speaking to RTÉ News this evening, his first media interview since his attendance at the event was revealed, Mr Hogan said that he was entitled to move around Ireland freely due to testing negative for the virus in a Dublin hospital on August 5.