Irish Examiner View: Trust in the judiciary is paramount

Judge Séamus Woulfe would do well to reflect on his conduct ever since the golfgate controversy

His position protected under the Constitution, Séamus Woulfe has kept his job — but many others who attended the Oireachtas Golf Society event suffered severe consequences. Picture: Maxwell’s

Supreme Court judge Séamus Woulfe may or may not be a biblical scholar, but he may still be familiar with the injunction in Luke 12:48: “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.” 

John F Kennedy preferred to recite the less florid version: “For of those to whom much is given much is required.” It amounts to the same thing — great expectations come with great power.