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Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the Golfgate controversy is “in the past” and that people should “move on.”
Mr. Kenny attended the first day of the two-day golf event in Clifden, Co Galway, last summer. However, he did not attend the dinner which was attended by 80 people, including former EU Commissioner Phil Hogan and former Minister Dara Calleary, who were forced to resign in the wake of the controversy.
Asked about the reaction to the event in Kenny said: “The mood was such that that was the result, that is in the past, that is a lesson that everyone learned, go ahead.”
When host Ryan Tubridy addressed the Golfgate event, Mr. Kenny initially joked, “When was that?”
However, he went on to explain his attendance at the Oireachtas Golf Society event.
“I had warned them that I would not be there the second day. The first day I went out and played golf. I had my son with me and we played golf with the captain of the Oireachtas team, and a person well known by RTÉ.
“I was one of the last groups, I went back to the parking lot, the place was empty and I went home.”
He added that as captain of the Oireachtas Golf Society in the 1980s, he had brought members to England to play with members of the House of Commons which, he said, built relationships.
Elsewhere, Kenny criticized the Dublin GAA team for organizing an early morning training session, claiming there was “no excuse” for it.
He said standards need to be set and the ban on Dublin coach Dessie Farrell “doesn’t have a huge impact.”
Kenny also ruled out running for Áras an Uachraráin, claiming he has no interest in becoming president.
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