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Ciara Phelan

Department of Foreign Affairs champagne party report published with officials asked to donate to Covid charity

The former Secretary General who took the infamous champagne party picture at the Department of Foreign Affairs has been asked to donate €2,000 to a charity providing assistance to people affected by Covid, a report has said.

The report found that the event in the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2020 has found a breach of Covid-19 rules and will recommend a sanction.

But it states that no event had been planned in advance to celebrate the success of Ireland’s election to the United Nations Security Council.

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