Judicial approach is sorely needed

A settlement between judges and Government will require a reasoned approach, writes David Gwynn Morgan

THE vigorous verbal warfare which some of the judges are waging against the Government distracts attention from the fact that there are two camps within the judiciary.

On the one hand, there are what might be called the radicals, for instance Mr Justice Peter Kelly and his after-dinner speech, or Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman on the RTÉ news.