RebootandreturnGordon Lyons was speaking at a leadership event for women in business and sportThe organisers of a female empowerment conference have welcomed an apology from the communities minister after he said the “good-looking” attendees had been seated at the front.Gordon Lyons was speaking at a leadership event for women in business and sport.Headline speakers at the event included sports broadcaster Gabby Logan, and Larne Olympian Danielle Hill.Lyons said he recognised his comments had offended members of the audience and “for that I apologise unreservedly”.’Did he really just say that?’His comments at the Impact Players event prompted groans from the crowd, with one audience member telling BBC News NI, many asked themselves, “did he really just say that?”First reported in the Belfast Telegraph, Lyons is understood to have said he could not see the back of the hall to see all the guests but said the “good-looking ones” must have been seated at the front.Organiser Lisa Strutt told BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback programme: “I’m glad that he’s apologised.”She said it angered people in the audience and it overshadowed the good work that the department is doing.Ms Strutt said: “I think it’s a shame that we’re even having to talk about this because it’s ironic, organising a conference with really big plans, big ambitions to elevate women in business and sport, to bring some of the biggest names that we can think of to Belfast, to have these conversations to talk about high performance.”She said women encounter “this sort of thing in sport and business all the time”.Sinead Sharkey-Steenson, also an event organiser, said it was one moment in a day full of “magic moments where so many brilliant voices were heard”.”Let’s not let the voice of one man over shadow the voice of 20 powerful women that spoke on that day and lifted the público “, disse ela. Discussões supra de 2026 Inviteasked Se Lyons for convidado para o evento do próximo ano, eles disseram que essas discussões serão realizadas. Depois de Lyons falou no evento, um tela seguiu e incluía o consultor de liderança que se mexe com o que se diz, quando eu toca, eu disse que os comentários do ministro e que são” “. Event “, disse ele. Dia para as mulheres que estão liderando o caminho nos negócios e no esporte. “Continuarei nascente trabalho na minha capacidade de ministro, garantindo que aumentemos a visibilidade de líderes femininas e modelos que ajudam a inspirar a próxima geração de meninas a se envolverem e se tornarem líderes de amanhã”.

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