Curtin’s resignation - Curtin’s decision was judicious

The decision by Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin to resign was a judicious one, coming as it did on the day an Oireachtas Committee began an investigation of allegations of stated misbehaviour on his part.

That process has now been stopped. It could have led to his eventual impeachment had the investigation proved to be successful.

It would have been an extraordinarily historic occurrence had it been allowed to run its course, because for the first time in its history, the State was seeking the removal of a sitting judge.