Ahern sets clock ticking on Curtin's future
The judge will not get any pay-off to resign, or receive any compensation if he is impeached, and will only get a fraction of his pension rights if he steps down from his €130,000-a-year job.
Taking swift action to allay public concerns over the collapse of his trial, the Government wrote to the judge yesterday seeking an urgent response to the matters raised against him by the prosecution.