Fine Gael senators apologise for attending Golfgate dinner

'I made an error, I am profoundly sorry for that,' Fine Gael senator Jerry Buttimer told Cork's RedFM. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Two Fine Gael senators have broken their silence on their attendance at the recent Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Galway.

The event, attended by more than 80 people, sent shockwaves through Irish politics, resulting in the resignation of Dara Calleary as agriculture minister.