Conference draws attention to DPP role in Curtin case

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.

A spokeswoman for the DPP’s office said she did not know if the case would be discussed at the conference, which takes place in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin.

The conference was arranged some time ago, she added, and it was entirely coincidental that it was taking place in the midst of the current controversy.