Judge Brian Curtin today failed to halt an Oireachtas committee investigation into the discovery of child pornography on his home computer.

Calls to adjourn an Oireachtas investigation into the case of Judge Brian Curtin on the grounds of ill health were rejected today.

IN relation to the Judge Curtin fiasco I would like to know...

An Oireachtais committee is due to meet today to discuss the future of beleaguered judge Brian Curtin.

The Government has tabled legislation in the Dáil aimed at forcing Judge Brian Curtin to appear before an Oireachtas inquiry investigating his conduct.

CARL BEAME raises the issue of a Trojan Horse program, inadvertently downloaded from the internet, being responsible for the further downloading of child pornography without the computer owner’s knowledge or consent (Irish Examiner letters, May 21).

CIRCUIT Court Judge Brian Curtin is suffering from a psychiatric condition and is unable to instruct his solicitors, it emerged last night.

The Government motion to investigate Judge Brian Curtin will not be heard this week, despite commitments given by the Taoiseach.

The Government will decide the fate of Judge Brian Curtin today, after he was acquitted of possessing child pornography.

THE Cabinet is set to call the bluff of Judge Brian Curtin today by considering proposals to sack the Circuit Court judge.

THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is to host a conference on combating child pornography this Saturday at a time when its failings in the collapse of the Brian Curtin case have yet to be publicly explained.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has insisted that the Government’s position on Judge Brian Curtin has not changed following his arrest at the weekend.

The Government has, for the moment, taken a pragmatic approach to dealing with the vexed question of what to do about Judge Brian Curtin.

AS a staunch critic of this Government when criticism was warranted, this newspaper wholeheartedly welcomes the no-nonsense Dáil statement of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern spelling out the stark options facing Judge Brian Curtin.

EMBATTLED Judge Brian Curtin has a week to explain his alleged accessing and downloading of child pornography or else face impeachment.

THE Director of Public Prosecutions is coming under increasing pressure to issue a public statement outlining how flaws in the prosecution case caused the collapse of the case against Judge Brian Curtin.

THE Cabinet will meet next week to consider taking the unprecedented action of impeaching a serving judge, following the collapse of the trial of Judge Brian Curtin on charges of possessing child pornography.