Can defiance save Woulfe as pressure mounts to go?
It is now a distinct possibility that the judge will ignore requests that he resign and begin hearing Supreme Court cases in the new year
“There is a feeling around the Law Library that Seamus Woulfe is going to blag it out, do his atonement package and turn up to the Four Courts in February to start hearing cases.” This is one senior barrister’s assessment of the controversy currently engulfing the three branches of the state.
This view, that Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe will not step down, will not be impeached, and will potentially hear his...
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