The Supreme Court announcement on Monday evening that it had asked former chief justice Susan Denham to write a report on Seamus Woulfe’s attendance at the Oireachtas golf dinner in Clifden in apparent breach of Covid-19 guidelines was heralded as an unprecedented move. Never before had the Court, off its own bat, ordered a report into one of its own members. If Chief Justice Frank Clarke was unhappy with the fallout from golfgate – and word was he was anything but pleased – the move gave Woulfe, who was clearly not intending to resign voluntarily, valuable breathing space. There was…
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