Who turned down invitations to the golf dinner?

[Brendan Burgess]

I am just stunned that 81 people could make such a stupid mistake.

Did no one say to Dara Calleary - "this is not a good idea!" ?

Surely someone must have...

ok, I have googled it. Enda Kenny played golf that day, but refused to attend the dinner.

Enda Kenny refused invite to Golf-gate dinner and was ‘very unhappy’ about it going ahead

Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny refused a dinner invitation to the Station House Hotel from the Oireachtas Golf Society and was "very unhappy" about it going ahead.

www.independent.ie

 

[Peanuts20]

Robert Troy also seems to have not been at it, even though he is a former captain of the society

Troy says hosting of Oireachtas Golf Society event was “not acceptable” | Westmeath Independent

Minister of State and Fianna Fail TD for Longford/Westmeath Robert Troy has said the hosting of the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner event at a time of public health restrictions was “not acceptable”.

www.westmeathindependent.ie

 

[dereko1969]

Dick Spring also apparently played golf but didn't attend dinner.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

Kathy Sheridan: Let us look at who was not at that golf dinner

Best of 2020: Woulfe, Hogan, O’Rourke and Hayes trigger lazy comparisons with the Galway tent

www.irishtimes.com

So to be clear : 158 out of our 160 TDs did not attend the dinner.

The article is disappointing and doesn't really contribute much. I would like to hear of people who were invited who said that they would not go and that the event should not go ahead.

Brendan

 

[Purple]

Many here will be shocked by this but I was not invited to the event.