Gerard Howlin: Woulfe has now been thrown to the Leinster House wolves

The public conflict between Chief Justice Frank Clarke and Supreme Court judge Séamus Woulfe is a sorry affair, writes Gerard Howlin. 
Gerard Howlin: Woulfe has now been thrown to the Leinster House wolves

Sitting chief justice Frank Clark has called Seamus Woulfe him to quit.

The standoff between the Chief Justice Frank Clarke and the Supreme Court’s newest member Séamus Woulfe has pitched brutally into the political domain. 

This is bad for politics and more damaging for the judiciary. 

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