THE president of the High Court has signalled that plans to set up a judicial council to oversee allegations of misconduct and complaints against judges are at a final stage.

JUDGES need a disciplinary body to reprimand members of the bench who misbehave, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has said.

WAYNE O’DONOGHUE has paid his debt to society and should be allowed the privacy to get on with the rest of his life without publicly having to relive his tragic mistakes.

The Department of the Justice and the judiciary have reportedly resumed talks on new laws which would see the establishment of a judicial council.

POLITICIANS should be banned from speaking out against judges or undermining them outside the Dáil, a report suggests.

Former Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin is reportedly receiving almost €20,000-a-year in pension payments from the State.

TAXPAYERS will have to fork out over €20 million in pay-offs for the losers they dump from the Dáil at the looming General Election, it emerged last night.

HAVING dealt with the Brian Curtin matter last week, I am loath to revisit it again so soon.

Circuit Court judge Brian Curtin may be asked to prove his claims that he is suffering from organic brain damage.

A complex and hazardous impeachment process is now at an end, writes Political Editor Harry McGee.

THE Oireachtas committee probing the conduct of Brian Curtin came to a halt before it considered any of the evidence in the case.

The decision by Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin to resign was a judicious one, coming as it did on the day an Oireachtas Committee began an investigation of allegations of stated misbehaviour on his part.

The Green Party has called on the Minister for Justice to fast-track judicial ethics legislation in the wake of the resignation of former judge Brian Curtin today.

The parliamentary body investigating former judge Brian Curtin tonight denied claims that he was allowed to cheat the system.

No deal had been done between the state and Brian Curtin following the former judge's resignation from the bench today, according to the Department of Justice.

A Government spokeswoman has confirmed that Judge Brian Curtin has tendered his letter of resignation to the Government today.

It has been reported this afternoon that the disgraced circuit court judge Brian Curtin has tabled his resignation.

The Oireachtas committee set up to investigate alleged misconduct by Judge Brian Curtin is meeting in private session at Leinster House today.

THE all-party committee investigating the behaviour of Judge Brian Curtin may face a new court challenge from the judge’s legal team.

THE work of the Oireachtas committee probing the conduct of Judge Brian Curtin will be further delayed, it emerged last night.

The Oireachtas inquiry set up to investigate alleged misconduct by Judge Brian Curtin has been delayed by a week.

TÁNAISTE Michael McDowell would have no role in determining whether or not Judge Brian Curtin should be allowed retire on health grounds, should he submit such a request.

A date has been fixed for the Oireachtas committee investigation into alleged misconduct by judge Brian Curtin.

DELAYS dogging the Oireachtas probe into Judge Brian Curtin’s conduct mean TDs and Senators may not get to debate his possible impeachment until near Christmas.

The Oireachtas committee investigating the activities of Judge Brian Curtin has reportedly received an expert report on the contents of his computer.

THE non-availability of an American police witness to the parliamentary inquiry into Judge Brian Curtin’s behaviour will not have a significant bearing on its work, the Irish Examiner understands.

EXPERTS trawling the contents of Judge Brian Curtin’s computer have completed their task, the Oireachtas committee investigating his conduct will be told today.

It has been revealed that a Circuit Court judge who is facing allegations of possessing child pornography is involved in a music school.

THE Oireachtas committee inquiring into Judge Brian Curtin has now turned its attention to obtaining his financial records, following the official handover of his computer yesterday.

The Oireachtas Committee investigating alleged misconduct by Judge Brian Curtin has now received his personal computer.

Brian Curtin's legal team has slammed recent media coverage surrounding the investigation into the Circuit Court judge's alleged misbehaviour.

The Oireachtas committee investigating the behaviour of Judge Brian Curtin has reportedly agreed to pay any costs that he incurs in the course of the inquiry.

TAXPAYERS will foot the bill for Judge Brian Curtin’s legal costs as he battles against impeachment, it emerged last night.

The Oireachtas committee investigating the behaviour of Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin is to meet in private session later today.

MOVES to impeach Judge Brian Curtin could end up costing taxpayers a further €1 million.

RADICAL judicial reform is required to deal with situations such as the one that arose with the Judge Brian Curtin case, Labour’s new spokesman on justice has said.

FIANNA Fáil TD Denis O’Donovan has been caught unawares by a party colleague seeking to challenge him for the right to represent the party in the Cork South West constituency at the next general election.

THE all-party committee set up to gather evidence for Judge Brian Curtin’s impeachment hearing will resume its hearings at the end of this month.

CIRCUIT Court Judge Brian Curtin has been awarded substantial costs of his unsuccessful legal challenge to the procedures adopted by the Oireachtas which could lead to his removal from office.

Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin faces a massive legal bill of around €1m after the Supreme Court today dismissed his application for costs following his failed legal challenge.

IT still remains to be seen whether Judge Brian Curtin will have to bear his own costs in his attempt to block an investigation by an Oireachtas committee, as the Supreme Court has reserved judgment on this question.

JUDGE Brian Curtin wants the State (ie, taxpayers) to pay his legal bill of €500,000 (Irish Examiner, March 24). Who is this man trying to fool?

A journalist and computer expert whose work helped to get several men cleared of child pornography charges in Britain has agreed to testify before the Oireachtas committee investigating Judge Brian Curtin.

THE Oireachtas committee probing the conduct of Judge Brian Curtin met for the first time in 18 months last night and discussed how to proceed with its inquiry.