Q&A: Is Simon Coveney damaged by champagne controversy?

Foreign Affairs minister in hot water not long after Katherine Zappone affair

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney 

A majority of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee favour hauling Minister Simon Coveney in to answer questions on the 2020 ‘champagne-gate’ soiree which was in breach of Covid-19 restrictions.

Mr Coveney is under considerable political fire for his handling of this controversy which erupted over the Christmas break and his refusal to clarify his position for several days.