Government to 'dump' Séamus Woulfe controversy back on Chief Justice
Ireland's EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan (left) and Supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe who both attended the Oireachtas Golf Society event two days after the Government announced it intended to curb the numbers permitted to gather together. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire
The Government will seek to "dump" the Séamus Woulfe controversy back on Chief Justice Frank Clarke as the political appetite to impeach the former attorney general declines.
Several ministers have told the that they see the impeachment of Mr Woulfe over his attendance at the Oireachtas Golf Society Dinner in August as "a non-starter" and feel that it would be better handled within the judiciary.
