PHIL HOGAN NEEDS TO RESIGN.

I disagree. Anyone who would lie as blatantly as that over what was a minor slap on the wrist(legally) affair is not to be trusted at all.

The big eejit finished his career in ignominy.

Over time, large groups of people have learnt to really dislike Phil, in reverse chronological order we have: the EC, FG and females. That's not to say he'll be indefinitely unemployed; there are still plenty of other fat b******s remaining out there.

It's brilliant entertainment to see him having to prostrate himself so publicly. Apparently there's been steam coming out his ears for days. Go on Big Phil!! LOL.

Tell us more. So Big Phil has some judgement on his side now to say that he was allowed to travel all over the country for reasons that he couldn't quite explain at the time while we were all in strict lockdown?

Only the golf dinner has been deemed legal.

I don't know if they looked at the travel aspect to and from the event.

Yes, it would have been a case of morals meet realpolitik.

Purely from a legal standpoint I think he would have a reasonable chance of succeeding in an unfair dismissal case.

If we just park our personal views of the guy (difficult I know) , he was effectively told to walk by Ursla, and she appears to have said that her decision was swayed by comments made by Leo and others.

So was she correct in her actions? Firstly, she is being more than a bit hypocritical since she has been shown to have breached covid guidelines herself. She appears to have disregarded his explanation and did not consider his actions in the context of the Irish guidelines. Instead she went with the populist position, deciding that he brought the governments covid compliance measures into disrepute. That doesn't sound to me like she afforded him fair procedures in having him removed.

The man comes across to me as arrogant and fancies himself as a heavy hitter, but that in itself should have no bearing on his employment. It's vital that everyone gets a fair crack of the whip and that individual's rights to fair procedures are upheld. These proceedures are afforded to people charged with murder (and rightly so) so they should apply to you, me and even big Phil.

You just have to look at what that Canadian numpty is doing now, to see what can happen when governments start interfering with people's rights.

He resigned because of the lies he told. Consistent lies over a week, effectively every time he was asked to make a statement on his whereabouts and movements he lied.

He was found lying to his boss, Ursula von der Leyen. This isn't good, as you are supposed to have some sort of trust and faith in your team.

What she said to him behind closed doors is only relevant of there are minutes of that meeting. Fact is that he resigned of his own accord and he gave a TV interview confirming this. If there are no minutes or recordings of a private meeting between himself and UvdL, then he has no chance.

Either way, his name is mud in this country and for the majority of people who work in the EU. Like Bertie, CJH, Healy-Rae's, Lowry etc. he has his supporters who will back him to the hilt. But like the aforementioned, the majority of ordinary people in this country despise him with a passion.

His name is mud and always will be here, no matter if he wins any case or not. That's something all his money will never buy back.

Big Phil is one of the most narcissistic and self-interested politicians to ever sell out this nation. His removal from the political sphere was a service to the nation and the people he was a great disservice to. We owe him nothing but the contempt he deserves because it is only being returned in kind.

Even if it could be proved what was there basis to question him about what he was or was not doing. What he was questioned about was an event that has been proved to have been legally ok to take place.

In an unfair dismissal case it desks only with what happened and was it fair and reasonable. What happened was political considerations were taken into account

BP will pass go and collect 200 pounds or 2 mllion euro in this case I expect

All of that is immaterial. This is an unfair dismissal senario. He was forced to resign over attending the event. Other factors came into play because of the questioning of his attendance at a legal event over which there shod have been no right to ask him questions.

This will all be hushed up and he will get paid the remaining part of what he would have earned if he completed his term

He resigns because his lies made his position untenable, like many many before him. Imagine the precedent him winning will set. He will have to prove 'force'.

What emotion is getting in the way?

Did he tell lies about his 'against the restriction movements' or not?

What the hell are you rabbiting on about? You're watching too much Judge Rinder.

Come back to us when he has his 1,000,000+ compensation 😂

Must be his doppelganger.

He gets his sun in the Algarve.