Golfgate: 'He took the best decision for the country,' says Fine Gael MEP Séan Kelly

Séan Kelly said the controversy over Phil Hogan's breaches of Covid-19 guidelines in Ireland would have dragged on. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South Séan Kelly has said that EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan was right to resign as it avoided a situation where Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would have had to make a difficult decision.

The controversy over Mr Hogan’s actions would not have gone away, the situation would have been “constantly” in the media and there were those in the European Parliament who would also constantly raise the issue, Mr Kelly told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.