I need more time, Curtin tells Ahern

JUDGE Brian Curtin wants more time to explain his alleged accessing and downloading of child pornography.

The Cabinet is expected to grant the judge's plea for more time contained in a response to the Government's request for an explanation received only yesterday at its meeting in Farmleigh House this morning.

Exactly a week ago, the Government wrote to the Circuit Court judge seeking an urgent response to the matters raised against him by the prosecution in his collapsed court case.