Woulfe impeachment unlikely as party leaders fail to reach consensus

TDs will meet again next week to discuss Séamus Woulfe, the Supreme Court judge who attended the Golfgate dinner in August and has refused to resign after being advised to do so by the Chief Justice. File Picture.

The impeachment of Supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe is looking less likely after a meeting between the Taoiseach and opposition leaders found no consensus on the issue.

Among the opposition leaders, there is growing acceptance that there is "no appetite" to begin the lengthy impeachment process, though the leaders will write to the Ceann Comhairle asking that the Oireachtas seek legal advice on how impeachment proceedings would proceed.