Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have two very brief questions. Why was the former Attorney General not asked to leave the room when the decision was being made? When did the former Attorney General become aware that she was going to be nominated by the Government? When precisely was she told that? Ar tháinig sé aniar aduaidh uirthi i rith an chruinnithe?

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