Golfgate senators have their Fine Gael membership reinstated

Jerry Buttimer is among the Fine Gael senators to be reinstated. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Three Fine Gael senators who lost the party whip over their attendance at last summer's Oireachtas Golf Society dinner have had their membership reinstated.

The Fine Gael parliamentary party unanimously agreed to the reinstatement of senators Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke, and John Cummins. The motion for the reinstatement was brought by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.