The Oireachtas Committee on Justice is set to review the way in which judges are appointed, amid concerns over “public confidence” in the system in the wake of the Séamus Woulfe controversy, its chairman has said. Mr Justice Woulfe’s attendance at the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in August, and a subsequent interview he gave during a review of his actions, have attracted widespread political criticism. Earlier this month, Chief Justice Frank Clarke said it was his personal view that Mr Justice Woulfe should resign. It will argue that Mr Woulfe’s “stated misbehaviour” is his “conduct in and in relation to attending the Oireachtas golf society dinner in Clifden on 19 August 2020”. The motion will also say that Mr Justice Woulfe’s “subsequent response to the public controversy... further undermined the public effort”.

Source: The Irish Times November 24, 2020 00:56 UTC