In the last few minutes.
Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer tweeted the above letter he has resigned as Leas Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.
Mr Buttimer was one of 81 people, including former Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary, EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, Supreme Court judge and former Attorney General Seamus Woulfe, former RTÉ presenter Seán O’Rourke and Senator John Cummins, who attended the Oireachtas Golf Society’s 50th anniversary dinner at the Station House Hotel, Clifden, Co Galway on Wednesday night.
Mr Buttimer’s resignation follows that of Mr Calleary.
Earlier: Resigned [Updated]
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Still a Senator just as Dara is still a TD
Jerry clearly picked up a few bargains when Nicholas Parsons’ house was being cleared.
Where do you even buy a suit like that..?
Bravo!
hehe
Saucer of milk to table The Old Boy!
Nice work.
Unintended
Going from Cork to Mayo was Unintended
They really do take is all for suckers
I do not think that word means what he thinks it means.
My question is what is an intended lapse of judgment? Is that like deciding to make a mistake?
T’wasn’t by the second tank of diesel and Supermacs Drivethru taco chips he realised anyway
Perhaps when it came to the 500 + Kms on the milage claim alright
Unintended – as in he didn’t intend to get caught!
What t f were they thinking..? Seriously, the personal and financial sacrifices made by the entire population over the past 5 months .. and they head off to a golf event..???
Shur’ why wouldn’t they
None of them have been impacted or imposed upon
Or made a single cent of a sacrifice
One one of them
The real crime is that suit!
Give him a break, can’t you see he must have borrowed it, judging by the fit.
He’s talking about the suit, right?
He looks like Gomez from the Addams Family or something.
I’d say what’s going on in Buttimers head there is to get out now, get the resignation in early ‘cos could be much worse to come here….
christ alive if someone leaked dem table settings picz who knows…could also be footage of the drinkin n dancin we did on the tables…
There WILL be CCTV- it is a requirement in order for a hotel to get public liability insurance I expect.
Jay Bourke and Berlin D2 must be laughing their legs off right now.
whatever about the suit, that belt… is Unique still in business?
i’d respect him more if he had a huge belt buckle with the initials JB on it.
It says a lot about them that 81 people attended and none of them thought it was a bad idea. SF will romp it in, next time.
…seriously…leas cathaoirleach of the Seanad…would anyone even notice…
No. He was lucky to have the title to resign from. What have the other Senators to cough up?
RTE pensioner Sean O’Rourke is lucky he got out when he did (although I guess he wouldn’t have been there if he was still working).
Burn that suit and all is forgiven
OK, Two resignations, the others should be fired. The Hotel should be fined or closed or have its license revoked. Sean O’Rourke – very disappointed that you stayed when you saw the numbers. Thought we were all supposed to be in this together, fighting the virus and not playing the arrogance game.