The position had become untenable for EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan, who was unable to justify his recent attendance at a gala dinner of the Irish Parliament Golf Club, despite the health restrictions linked to the coronavirus.
At the request of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Mr Hogan was forced to resign. At the time of going to press, he was due to make an official announcement on Irish public television RTE later in the evening.
The Commission is...