Dr Laura Cahillane has also written about this issue in an article published by the Irish Times today and in a separate piece for Irish Legal News. She states that there are further issues relating to the separation of powers which have not been fully considered here in relation to judges attending political events and even Attorneys General being appointed to the Supreme Court in the first place.
You can read the pieces here: https://t.co/u55y9CM4oQ?amp=1