Revealed: The war of words between Chief Justice and Séamus Woulfe

Chief Justice Frank Clarke. Picture: Mary Browne

The extraordinary series of letters between Chief Justice Frank Clarke and Judge Séamus Woulfe reveals how deep the divisions run in the highest court in the land.

The Chief Justice is virtually powerless to sanction Séamus Woulfe over his attendance at the ‘golfgate’ event in Clifden, revealed by the Irish Examiner in August and the subsequent maelstrom of controversy which erupted in its wake.