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Fri 04 Apr 1999Sheedy report will be highly critical of judges, sources sayThe report of the Chief Justice into the circumstances surrounding the Philip Sheedy case will be published today and will be "highly critical" of the two judges at the centre of the controversy, according to informed sources.The contents of the 50-page report are to be made public after Cabinet gives clearance for publication at an early morning special meeting. It is understood the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Hamilton, specifically states it was not within his remit to issue recommendations in his report.