Irish EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan was set to resign on Wednesday night, his spokesman said, after days embroiled in a growing scandal for attending a golf dinner in Ireland's County Galway which breached coronavirus rules. Phil Hogan had offered a “fulsome and profound apology” but he struggled to defend his actions during an interview in Irish television (RTE) on Tuesday evening and has been forced to step down. Pressure had been mounting after it was revealed he attended the event at the Oireachtas Golf Society in Galway on August 19 which resulted in a number of senior officials, including Ireland's agriculture minister, resigning from their jobs. 80 people went to the dinner, a number which breached restrictions on gatherings due to Covid-19. He was subsequently forced to outline all his movements dating back to the end of July to his boss in Brussels, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. This report also showed he had not in fact remained in a 14 day quaranti...