Cormac O'Keeffe: Supreme Court flexes muscles in judge furore

Grappling with 'Golfgate', the Supreme Court has thrown a curveball amid mounting pressure on one of its own, Security Correspondent Cormac O'Keeffe reports

Seamus Woulfe. Picture: Gareth Chaney / Collins

The flexing of muscles by the Supreme Court in setting up an inquiry into the conduct of one of its own took a lot of experienced observers by surprise.

Legal experts had pointed out that there was no power available to the Chief Justice, Frank Clarke, to question Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe, let alone sanction him in any way.