Nuala Haughey: Should judges should be
obliged to make annual declarations of interests – such as property, gifts,
land, and shares – in much the same way as TDs and Senators already do?
Minister Shane Ross
thinks so. Explaining the rationale for this proposal, the Minister cited a recent
case of a High Court judge who stepped aside from hearing a long-running
dispute involving the cement company CRH, after concerns were raised about his
ownership of CRH shares.
