A former Fine Gael election candidate who suggested we all know somebody who has lodged a compo claim says her comment was as a result of "clumsiness". A former Fine Gael election candidate who suggested we all know somebody who has lodged a compo claim says her comment was as a result of "clumsiness". Ms Regan, who is no longer in Fine Gael, called for the "lampooning" of the backbencher to stop. "I meant that the compensation culture is so present that we all know someone who has had compensation for something. "But I accept and apologise for the wrong inference that could be drawn from it and take responsibility for the clumsiness of the English."

Source: Irish Independent June 08, 2019 00:10 UTC