Update 12.00pm: Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has today admitted that the Judicial Appointments Bill is "in a difficult place". He was speaking after the Attorney General Seamus Woulfe referred to the Judicial Appointments Bill as a “dog’s dinner” at a recent event. The Minister said he that doesn't accept that the Bill now needs to be scrapped or redrafted, however. He referred to the Judicial Appointments Bill as a “dog’s dinner” cooked up by Shane Ross. Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty, however, said that the opposition calling for heads to roll has to stop.

Source: Irish Examiner March 26, 2018 08:38 UTC