Profile: Peter Charleton – on his guard
Though known as a model of rigorous efficiency, the Supreme Court justice surprised everybody with his quick exit from the traps
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Age:60
Appearance: a detached presence
Newsworthiness: the Supreme Court Justice is chairing the McCabe tribunal into the alleged smear campaign against a Garda whistleblower
Nobody could accuse Supreme Court justice Peter Charleton of getting the Disclosure Tribunal off to a boring start. In his televised opening address at Dublin Castle last Monday, the chair of the inquiry set out his stall by declaring that “the truth is supreme”.
With his trademark cool ...
