Daniel McConnell: Unprecedented report on Seamus Woulfe had to pull its punches

While an official review stopped short of calling for his head, Seamus Woulfe's standing has been damaged by his involvement in Golfgate. What comes next for the Supreme Court judge?

Supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

The fool’s pardon granted by ex-Chief Justice Susan Denham to Seamus Woulfe over his attendance at the Oireachtas golf event in Clifden has clearly angered the hell out of many.

While she concluded that he was not guilty of breaking the law, it is clear the 58-year-old Belvedere College-educated Woulfe was guilty of lacking basic cop-on and of bringing unwanted controversy and criticism upon him and the Supreme Court, which he has just joined.