Almost €1m in legal fees paid to ex-judge’s lawyers

Almost €1m in legal fees has been paid by the taxpayer to the legal team of former judge, Brian Curtin, to cover the cost of a Dáil inquiry into his fitness to be a judge.

The cost of €977,794 in fees to Pierce & Fitzgibbon, solicitors acting for Judge Curtin, is contained in the 2012 annual report of Houses of the Oireachtas Commission published yesterday.

The former Circuit Court judge faced impeachment proceedings after charges of child pornography possession were dropped.