Attorney General briefs Cabinet on Seamus Woulfe constitutional issues

Attorney General briefs Cabinet on Seamus Woulfe constitutional issues

Judge Seamus Woulfe has been told by the Chief Justice Frank Clarke that he should resign but is refusing to do so.

The Attorney General Paul Gallagher has briefed the Cabinet on the “serious constitutional issues” arising from the stand-off between Chief Justice Frank Clarke and Judge Seamus Woulfe.

Mr Gallagher outlined the serious constitutional issues that now arise and the respective responsibilities of each of the organs of the State as set out in the Constitution, including the roles of the Judiciary and the Oireachtas.

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