Michael Clifford: How did McEntee make her choice?

At no point since Seamus Woulfe was selected for the Supreme Court has the Minister for Justice stated that she sought out advice, writes Michael Clifford

Did Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, put on a blindfold, hold a pin up high in the air and let it drop onto her desk where four of five names were laid out in large lettering? Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

How did Helen McEntee decide on her pick for the vacant job on the Supreme Court? 

Maybe she sat at her ministerial desk and put on a blindfold, held a pin up high in the air and let it drop onto her desk where four of five names were laid out in large lettering. He or she who received the pin was the lucky bunny.