Ireland’s European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan apologised on Sunday for attending an event that may have breached Covid-19 regulations but stopped short of offering his resignation, Reuters reports.

The Irish representative on the EU executive was asked on Saturday by Ireland’s leaders to consider his position after his attendance at a golf dinner caused public outrage and led to other political resignations.

“I acknowledge my actions have touched a nerve for the people of Ireland; something for which I am profoundly sorry,” he said in a statement. “I have been reporting to the president of the European Commission on all these matters in recent days.”