Inquiry into conduct of judge can proceed

THE Oireachtas Committee inquiry into the conduct of Judge Brian Curtin can proceed after his legal team yesterday abandoned key elements of a High Court case against the Government.

The judge was cleared of child porn charges in April after it emerged a warrant used for a search on his house was out of date.

However, the concessions by Judge Curtin do not mean he is prevented from mounting further legal challenges to any orders made by the committee, including any order requiring him to produce a computer and other materials, including alleged images of child pornography, seized by gardaí during a search of his home on May 27, 2002.