Autumn date for report on Curtin

THE Oireachtas committee enquiring into the alleged misbehaviour of Judge Brian Curtin has set itself a target of reporting back to the Dáil and Seanad by autumn.

The seven-person committee yesterday met formally for the first time to agree a framework for its deliberations.

Speaking after the two-and-a-half hour meeting, chairperson Denis O’Donovan said that it had agreed to appoint leading Constitutional lawer Gerard Hogan SC as a legal advisor and also decided to appoint a legal team comprising of a firm of solicitors, a second senior counsel and a junior counsel.