Alison O'Connor: Ball is in Seamus Woulfe’s court - he should do the right thing

Woulfe's troubles have spread far and wide, taking in the Government and his colleagues in the Supreme Court, most particularly the Chief Justice Frank Clarke. 

Former EU commissioner Phil Hogan bowed to mounting pressure and resigned his position  after the Golfgate scandal; not so for Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Leaving the lunch, as is customary and polite, I said my goodbyes to those seated at my table. Those were the days when you could have lunches, sit in close quarters, and indeed shake peoples’ hands.

My final farewell was to the man who had been the guest speaker. I hadn’t been sitting beside him, but from our initial introduction and the brief exchanges we’d had, he seemed most convivial and a very agreeable lunch companion.