FIANNA Fáil leader Micheál Martin has attacked Ireland’s EU Commissioner Phil Hogan accusing him of making a “coded, partisan intervention” on behalf of Fine Gael in the general election campaign. FIANNA Fáil leader Micheál Martin has attacked Ireland’s EU Commissioner Phil Hogan accusing him of making a “coded, partisan intervention” on behalf of Fine Gael in the general election campaign. Mr Martin said that Mr Hogan, a former Fine Gael cabinet minister, should “stay out of domestic Irish politics” for the final week of the campaign. Speaking in Dublin this morning, Mr Martin said: “I would make the point that they [Fine Gael] are politicising it. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has also responded to Mr Martin, defending Mr Hogan’s remarks.

Source: Irish Independent January 30, 2020 12:45 UTC