PHIL HOGAN is to step down from his role as EU Commissioner later this evening.
Mr Hogan was the subject of mass scrutiny and controversy ever since his role in the now infamous 'golfgate' fiasco was revealed.
He, along with a number of other high profile policy makers and a Supreme Court Judge, attended a two-day event organised by the Oireachtas Golf Society at the Station House Hotel in Clifden.
The event was attended by 82 people, just a day after a rule was passed which limited indoor events to just six people.
His fate was to be decided by his boss, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, but it's understood that Mr Hogan has taken the decision out of her hands, and will quit his job this evening, just hours after a number of Irish politicians said they no longer any confidence in him.
On Saturday, Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar called for Mr Hogan's resignation, particularly since his presence in Brussels recently means that attending the event also mean he was flouting self-isolation provisions.
It's also understood that the Commissioner visited locked-down Kildare multiple times, and was stopped by a Garda for driving while on the phone. You can read more about that here.
