Irish minister resigns for breaching virus restrictions

Ireland's agriculture minister resigned yesterday for breaching government coronavirus guidelines by attending a parliamentary golf society dinner. Prime minister Micheal Martin said he accepted Dara Calleary's resignation after just 37 days in the position, calling it "the right decision" as "people all over the country have made very difficult, personal sacrifices". The Irish Examiner newspaper said Calleary was among 82 people at the Oireachtas (parliament) Golf Society's 50th anniversary dinner held at a County Galway hotel. EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan and swathes of other lawmakers and judges were also said to be in attendance.

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