Curtin committee faces fresh delays

DELAYS dogging the Oireachtas probe into Judge Brian Curtin’s conduct mean TDs and Senators may not get to debate his possible impeachment until near Christmas.

The special committee set up to collect evidence regarding the judge’s alleged misbehaviour had hoped to present its report in September, but may now not be able to until November — or later if there is a fresh legal challenge.

The Tralee-based circuit court judge was acquitted in 2004 on charges of possessing child pornography when it emerged that a search warrant used to search his residence was out of time.