McDonald: Woulfe appointment was part of Government formation 'horse-trading'

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald raised the nomination of Seamus Woulfe (pictured) to the court and the ongoing refusal of Justice Minister Helen McEntee to take questions in the Dáil. File image

It is a verifiable truth that the appointment of Seamus Woulfe to the Supreme Court was part of the “horse-trading” between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael before the government was formed, the Dáil has heard.

At Leaders’ Questions, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald raised the nomination of Seamus Woulfe to the court and the ongoing refusal of Justice Minister Helen McEntee to take questions in the Dáil.