Irish leader forced to defend govt future amid golf scandal Ireland’s prime minister has been forced to defend the future of his government as criticism mounted over a golf event attended by senior politicians despite a ban on large gatherings amid the pandemicLONDON -- Ireland’s prime minister was forced to defend the future of his government Monday as criticism mounted over a golf event attended by senior politicians despite a ban on large gatherings designed to slow the spread of COVID-19. "This government has been lurching from one crisis to another, entirely devoid of leadership or cohesion,” Mary Lou McDonald, president of the opposition Sinn Fein party, tweeted Sunday. ``They must be held to account.”The scandal erupted last week amid reports that senior members of Martin’s party, Fianna Fael, attended a golf society dinner in Galway on Aug. 19. The golf society controversy has fanned the flames of that election, with Martin and Sinn Fein trading barbs about efforts to clamp down on COVID-19. ”The Sinn Fein approach to this is quite hypocritical.

Source: ABC News August 24, 2020 15:05 UTC