"Broadcaster refuses to apologise during Oireachtas hearing Broadcaster and media coach Ivan Yates has said he has "some regrets" about his comments that Fine Gael should "smear the bejaysus" out of Catherine Connolly during the presidential campaign. But he has refused to apologise for the remarks, which he made in a podcast by Newstalk Radio, saying they were "weaponised" and "deliberately manipulated" by Ms Connolly's campaign."
"But he has refused to apologise for the remarks, which he made in a podcast by Newstalk Radio, saying they were "weaponised" and "deliberately manipulated" by Ms Connolly's campaign."
Ivan Yates said he had some regrets about his comment that Fine Gael should "smear the bejaysus" out of Catherine Connolly during the presidential campaign. He refused to apologise for those remarks during an Oireachtas hearing. Yates stated the remarks were made on a Newstalk Radio podcast. He claimed the comments were weaponised and deliberately manipulated by Ms Connolly's campaign. The combination of expressed regret and refusal to apologise has generated controversy. The situation underscores tensions between forceful political commentary and responses from political campaigns.
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