Ms McEntee also told the Dáil that there were five expressions of interest for the Supreme Court vacancy from sitting judges. Ms McEntee told Sinn Féin justice spokesman Martin Kenny: “I did have a conversation informally with my colleague, with the Tánaiste. The Minister said she had not discussed the issue with the previous minister for justice or with Mr Justice Woulfe. Ms McEntee had previously said the JAAB recommended one person, Séamus Woulfe, for the position of Supreme Court judge. He told Ms McEntee that it was “boxed off long before you ever took office Minister and then you signed off it.

Source: The Irish Times November 26, 2020 14:04 UTC