'Lack of transparency' in appointment of judges eroding public confidence

A new bill will overhaul how judges are appointed in Ireland – but it has been criticised. 

Confidence in the country’s judges has been “badly affected” by a lack of transparency in how the judiciary is appointed, an Oireachtas committee will hear on Tuesday.

The Joint Committee on Justice is to hear that the State should have “as little discretion as possible” in judicial appointments.