Ministers defend Attorney General after bill comments

Several ministers have rejected calls for Attorney General Seamus Woulfe to be shown “the red card” over his comments at a lunch last Friday.

As he faces the Cabinet for the first time since he described the Judicial Appointments Bill as a “dog’s dinner”, Mr Woulfe has been defended by ministers who say he should remain at his post.

It comes as the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), which hosted the lunch, apologised to Mr Woulfe for the breach of “Chatham House rules”, which means comments made are off the record.