The gelding of the Judiciary in Ireland.

Retired Supreme Court judge Catherine Mac Guinness and the Judges own advocate body have sent out the warning shots.
In essence these are:-
(1) This Government is demolishing the independence of the judiciary brick by brick.
(2) The fact that the Government can reduce the pay of Judges at their discretion effectively compromises their independence entirely.
It's like this.If you find against your employer he can punish you ,short of dismissal,by reducing your wages and future pension to levels you cannot sustain.
So the Government gets it every way against the citizen,
It can trample all over him and if he brings it to Court the Judges could be afraid to side with him for fear of retribution.History and current events show that retribution is thought to exist at the highest levels,so we shouldn't be surprised at the power of this  emotion ,
No legally qualified ,competent and successful person having the attributes to make a top flight and independent judge is going to buy a  pig in a poke,abandon a successful career and take up a job where his future may be at the whim of a vengeful and vindictive Government and we do face a second hand or lower order of politically motivated and pro Government judges.
The people were right in 1937 when they voted to debar a reduction  in the pay of judges once appointed ,
This position should be constitutionally revisited,( wouldn't be the first time a subject was revisited ) and the gelding of the judiciary reversed so that we can have trust in the Courts and the administration.
Given the fascist and authoritarian bent of the Government don't hold your breath.