Niall Burgess

A report into champagne party found ‘a breach of social distance guidance occurred’

Minister Darragh O’Brien said he is ‘content’ at the process to examine the event

Inside Politics: Soothing noises from Government as it looks at a post-Covid landscape

Minister unlikely to relish questions on drinks scandal so soon after Zappone affair

Minister says he did not see breach of Covid rules shown in photograph from earlier that evening

Proposal to question Niall Burgess over June 2020 celebration to be considered in new year

Department concedes it ‘did not meet the standards expected of it’ in June 2020

Gathering took place after Ireland elected to the UN Security Council in June 2020

‘We have lost so many people,’ Michael D Higgins says after deaths of two Irish poets

Varadkar, Coveney and Donohue begin think-in with apology to parliamentary party

Tánaiste admits to FG members that envoy issue has overshadowed party’s good work

Analysis: All versions of Zappone affair involve Government job for old colleague

Minister to face Opposition questions over process that ‘stinks to high heaven’

‘I saw the Tánaiste last eve, and he’s really excited about this too,’ former minister said in email

Reaction: Documents show Katherine Zappone ‘seriously lobbied’ three FG members

Changes envisaged for London, Rome, Paris, Washington, The Hague and UN