Kinsale Business Chamber chair defends decision to travel to Lanzarote

Owner of Kinari Boutique in Kinsale Guny Patel and her partner, artist Philip Gray, said the travel "was a fully compliant business trip"

Guny Patel, the chair of Kinsale's Chamber of Business and Tourism has defended her decision to travel to Lanzarote. Picture: Dan Linehan

The chair of Kinsale's Chamber of Business and Tourism has defended her decision to travel to Lanzarote.

Owner of Kinari Boutique in Kinsale, Co Cork, Guny Patel and her partner, artist Philip Gray, travelled to Lanzarote earlier this month, after getting there on the "skin of their teeth", according to Mr Grey's social media posts, which also detailed "another perfect day in our private villa... isolating at its best."