Growing unease in Cabinet over Supreme Court stand-off

The Attorney General has briefed the Cabinet on the “serious constitutional issues” following the communications between Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Clarke and Judge Seamus Woulfe (pictured). Picture: Maxwell’s

The Government is scrambling to contain the political fallout from the Supreme Court stand-off between Chief Justice Frank Clarke and Judge Seamus Woulfe.

Several ministers have privately expressed their considerable unease after the Cabinet was briefed by Attorney General Paul Gallagher on the “serious constitutional issues” arising from the unprecedented crisis.