Paul Hosford: Judicial appointments system is working just as it was intended to

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has told the Dail that she took advice from Tánaiste Leo Varadkar when appointing Seamus Woulfe to the Supreme Court. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A flawed process, but the right and defendable outcome.

That was Justice Minister Helen McEntee's summation of the appointment of Seamus Woulfe to the Supreme Court.