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Sat 05 May 2004Cabinet to consider Judge Curtin's reply on TuesdayThe Attorney General will advise the Government next Tuesday on its next move in relation to Judge Brian Curtin after studying a reply from the judge to the Government's demand for a full explanation of his alleged downloading of child pornography, writes Mark Brennock, Chief Political Correspondent.The judge replied on Thursday, just over two weeks after the Secretary General to the Government, Mr Dermot McCarthy, wrote to him seeking his account of events. It is understood that the judge's letter does not suggest that he will resign. This leaves the Government to decide whether it should attempt to remove him from the bench through impeachment proceedings.