Retired District Court Judge Sean MacBride has said the former Attorney General's attendance at the Oireachtas golf event dinner in Clifden has made his position as a Supreme Court Justice untenable.
Sean MacBride says he never would have attended the event himself as it would have, at the very least, been seen by people, as a complete breach of the separation of powers.
Speaking on this morning's Joe Finnegan show, in a wide ranging interview, Retired Judge MacBride says he would have said no if invited himself.
'"I would have sent them a text saying no thanks, I am a permanent member of the third arm of government and I cannot be playing golf in an Oireachtas golf competition as you can appreciate, good luck and bye bye" and that's simply how it would have been dealt with.'
"Seamus Woulfe is a very fine person and I have total respect and esteem for him" but he says he made a "tragic error of judgement" in attending the event in Clifden.
"I still don't understand as to why he went there" and that he couldn't see that people would think here was "a clear breach of the separation of powers".
The retired judge who served locally as well as for many years in the Dublin Metropolitan area also hit out at Micheal Martin and the Fianna Fail party.
Listen back to the full interview with the former Fianna Fail Donegal County Councillor who has now become a member of the Sinn Féin political party.
