Hayes says social media speculation over his golf dinner guests is 'all made up'

Brian Hayes says he was invited to the golfing event "in a private capacity".

Former junior finance minister Brian Hayes says that social media speculation over who his guests were at the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner is "all made up".

Mr Hayes, now the head of banking group the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI), attended the event last week with three guests, something he has said was "a mistake".