Hogan hits out at Varadkar and Martin after 2020 Golfgate downfall

Phil Hogan says he is still 'annoyed about what happened', despite apologising 'fully and unreservedly' at the time of the Golfgate controversy

Phil Hogan has said that the resignation of then agriculture minister Dara Calleary caused a 'domino effect'. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Former EU Commissioner Phil Hogan has sought to blame Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tanaiste Micheál Martin for his downfall in 2020, despite apologising at the time for his attendance at an Oireachtas Golf Society dinner.

Mr Varadkar and Mr Martin went on a “populist wave of indignation” in the wake of 'Golfgate' and forced his resignation, Ireland’s former EU Commissioner said.