Golfgate: Supreme Court orders report on judge's attendance

Séamus Woulfe: Recently appointed Supreme Court judge faces investigation. Picture: Maxwell’s

Former attorney general Séamus Woulfe’s presence at the Oireachtas golf event is now the subject of an unprecedented Supreme Court probe as EU commissioner Phil Hogan’s fate hangs in the balance.

Former chief justice Susan Denham will “immediately” begin investigating whether the recently appointed Supreme Court judge should have accepted an invitation to be at the event, whether he should have left the hotel, or whether he should have left the event before the dinner.