His apology is the latest to come in following the story breaking on Thursday night.
Supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe has apologised for attending a golf event in Galway that had over 80 people in attendance.
Woulfe, who was the Attorney General until June of this year, said that he was unaware that there was going to be an organised dinner as part of the event.
It is believed that the event in question was held approximately 24 hours after the government had announced a tightening of restrictions around the country with advice to limit gatherings to just six at home, 15 outdoors, and a max of 50 at events organised in a socially distanced way.
He said: “On learning of the proposed dinner during the course of that day, my understanding was that the organisers and the hotel had satisfied themselves that they would be operating withing Government public health guidelines.
“I attended based on that understanding, that it would be within the guidelines, but do apologise for any unintentional breach of any of the new guidelines on my part.
“I would never disregard government or health authorities advice regarding public health, and have been at pains to follow rules and guidelines since their introduction in March.
“That I ended up in a situation where breaches may have occurred, is of great regret to me, and for which I am sorry. I unreservedly apologise.”
Since it emerged that the event took place, Dara Calleary has apologised and resigned as Minister for Agriculture, while EU Commissioner Phil Hogan has not, nor has he apologised, in a statement released on Friday morning.
https://twitter.com/PhilHoganEU/status/1296748601583063040?s=20
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