# golfgate - Yesterday’s News
# Clifden Court
# Clifden Court
The court was told the case could take three days if it goes to a full hearing.
# golfgate - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
Mike Rouleau admitted to playing golf with a retired former Chief of Staff being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct.
# golfgate - Saturday 3 April, 2021
# Former Taoiseach
# Former Taoiseach
The former taoiseach played golf at the event but did not attend the controversial dinner.
# golfgate - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
On 19 August last year, 81 people attended a dinner in a Clifden hotel, Co Galway as part of an Oireachtas Golf Society event.
# golfgate - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Clifden Dinner
# Clifden Dinner
Calleary said he absolutely regrets and apologises for having attended the controversial dinner.
# golfgate - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Clifden Dinner
# Clifden Dinner
The Oireachtas Golf Society guests are said to have been split into two separate groups to keep under the 50-person limit.
# golfgate - Wednesday 20 January, 2021
# Supreme Court
# Supreme Court
Woulfe is listed for sittings on three days next month, 4, 12 and 19 February.
# golfgate - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The three senators apologized after attending the golf dinner in August.
# golfgate - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The party whip was removed from Senators Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke and John Cummins in August.
# golfgate - Sunday 3 January, 2021
# Holding Firm
# Holding Firm
The Taoiseach also ruled out the prospect of any Fianna Fáil ministerial reshuffle in the near future.
# golfgate - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Judicial Appointments
# Judicial Appointments
A nine-person panel to select judges has been proposed by the Justice Minister.
# golfgate - Thursday 26 November, 2020
# Helen McEntee
# Helen McEntee
It comes following a heated row between the government and the opposition.
# golfgate - Wednesday 25 November, 2020
# Woulfe At The Door
# Woulfe At The Door
Micheal Martin says the Oireachtas Business Committee should meet to discuss the matter.
# golfgate - Sunday 22 November, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The judge would only be removed if both the Dáil and Seanad supported such a motion.
# golfgate - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
Dr Laura Cahillane and Dr David Kenny say there may be a case for impeachment of the Supreme Court judge but that constutional path is fraught with risk.
# golfgate - Monday 9 November, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
Chief Justice Frank Clarke met with fellow Supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe last week.
# golfgate - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The two judges were set to meet to discuss the ongoing fallout over the Golfgate dinner.
# golfgate - Tuesday 13 October, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The two judges were set to meet to discuss the ongoing fallout over the Golfgate dinner.
# golfgate - Friday 9 October, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Shane Ross analyses Seamus Woulfe’s account of the recent Golfgate controversy and has a few things to say.
# golfgate - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Financial Services
# Financial Services
The Fine Gael MEP will replace Phil Hogan, who resigned in the wake of the Golfgate scandal.
# golfgate - Tuesday 6 October, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
A meeting between the two men had been scheduled to take place on Monday, but was earlier postponed until Friday.
# Controversy
# Controversy
Mr Justice Woulfe described reports of the scandal as “appalling” and “fake”.
# golfgate - Monday 5 October, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The two judges were set to meet to discuss the ongoing fallout over the Golfgate dinner.
# golfgate - Saturday 3 October, 2020
# Seamus Woulfe
# Seamus Woulfe
The transcript from the conversation between former chief justice Susan Denham and Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe was released yesterday.
# golfgate - Friday 2 October, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
A report into the attendance of Supreme Court Judge Seamus Woulfe at the infamous Golfgate dinner said he “switched off from news coverage” while away.
# golfgate - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Separation Of Powers
# Separation Of Powers
The full report into the Supreme Court judge’s attendance at the event was released today.
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The report was published at 4pm today.
# golfgate - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
The former Attorney General has apologised for his attendance at the event.
# golfgate - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Its communications strategy has been a mess at a crucial time for public health, Brexit and the economy, writes Clonan.
# golfgate - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
“I didn’t get due process, unlike others,” the former EU Commissioner said in an interview.
# golfgate - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Commission Reshuffle
# Commission Reshuffle
Ursula von der Leyen said that McGuinness has “significant political experience on EU issues”.
# golfgate - Wednesday 2 September, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
There was public fury over revelations that around 80 guests, including serving and former politicians, attended the golf dinner.
# Third Time Lucky
# Third Time Lucky
Dara Calleary resigned last month amid the Golfgate controversy.
# Back To Work
# Back To Work
The Dáil was recalled early this year to deal with Covid-19 and the reopening of the country.
# golfgate - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Golfgate
# Golfgate
A number of high-profile names are in the mix.
# Essential Workers
# Essential Workers
Billy Kelleher, Seán Kelly, and Ciarán Cuffe have written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin to ask for MEPs to be treated as essential workers for travel purposes.
# golfgate - Monday 31 August, 2020
# Irish EU Commissioner
# Irish EU Commissioner
Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has said she is interested in the role.
# golfgate - Friday 28 August, 2020
# EU TOP JOB
# EU TOP JOB
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe have ruled themselves out of the running.
# Phil Hogan
# Phil Hogan
Picking a successor could be politically fraught.
# golfgate - Thursday 27 August, 2020
# Eu Commish
# Eu Commish
Phil Hogan came to the “reluctant conclusion” yesterday that he should step down from his senior EU job.
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