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EU trade commissioner rides out calls to quit over Covid-19 rule breach

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Dublin/Brussels: European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan apologised again on Sunday for attending an event in his native Ireland that may have breached COVID-19 regulations, but an EU official said he would not heed calls from Irish leaders to resign."The commissioner is not resigning," said the official, who is close to the European Union executive's trade policy chief.The Irish representative on the European Commission was asked on Saturday by Ireland's prime minister and deputy prime minister to consider his position after his attendance at a golf dinner caused public outrage and led to other political resignations.Hogan, who offered an initial apology on Friday only after Prime Minister Micheal Martin demanded one, said on Sunday he had.

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