Judicial control mechanism needed, says Howlin

RADICAL judicial reform is required to deal with situations such as the one that arose with the Judge Brian Curtin case, Labour’s new spokesman on justice has said.

Wexford TD Brendan Howlin, who took over the shadow justice role 10 days ago, said he would make judicial reform one of his two key priorities.

Mr Howlin said judicial training and dialogue between judges was done on an informal and ad hoc basis, a situation he described as unsatisfactory.