Phil Hogan's future in Brussels in the hands of EU Commission president

EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan said he was satisfied that he was "no risk to anybody". Picture: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images

Phil Hogan's future as EU trade commissioner now lies with commission president Ursula von der Leyen after he presented her with a lengthy dossier on his movements around Ireland since returning from Brussels on July 31.

Mr Hogan said that he should not have attended last week's Oireachtas Golf Society dinner, where over 80 people gathered in a Galway hotel in breach of public health guidelines, but said that he had apologised to the Irish people for his attendance.