Sinn Féin accuses Govt of 'circumventing the law' by appointing Máire Whelan as judge

The Government has been accused of "circumventing the law" to appoint the former Attorney General, Máire Whelan, as a judge.

Sinn Féin accuses Govt of 'circumventing the law' by appointing Máire Whelan as judge

The Government has been accused of "circumventing the law" to appoint the former Attorney General, Máire Whelan, as a judge.

Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald described Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan's speech as a long-winded way of telling the opposition to mind its own business.

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