Gannon had claimed some journalists were only asking questions because they were interested in government special adviser jobs
Newly elected TD Eoin Hayes with Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan and Gary Gannon TD . Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times’s shares in a company that provided military technology for Israel were only doing so because they were interested in government special adviser jobsHe made the remarks on the Echo Chamber podcast.
“There are a couple of journalists who recognise there are special adviser jobs coming up. In other jobs you put out CVs. For these jobs you put front pages out,” he said. “Coming out of the last week I was exhausted. I had not been aware at that stage. On reflection it was a poor comment,” he said. On foot of his admission yesterday, the Social Democrats have suspended Mr Hayes. Several party sources have said he is unlikely to be allowed to rejoin the party because of the serious nature of the manner in which he had misled his colleagues. In a message sent to supporters last night, Mr Hayes said he had “misspoken” when explaining the divestiture of his shares.
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