Q&A: Transcripts ‘extremely revealing’ of Séamus Woulfe attitude

Supreme Court judge: Golf society presented ‘like Ku Klux Klan’

Despite widespread criticism of Séamus Woulfe, there is little or no political appetite for his removal. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Controversy has continued to swirl around Supreme Court judge Séamus Woulfe several days after a report into the August 19 Golfgate event found that he should not lose his job.

Former chief justice Susan Denham, who carried out the report, said that, based on the evidence and submissions she received, Mr Justice Woulfe did “nothing involving impropriety” that would justify calls for his resignation. She added that such a step would be “unjust and disproportionate”.