"Senior counsel who represented murderer of Ashling Murphy among 31 to receive more than €500,000 from Department of Justice scheme"
"Thirty-one defence lawyers were paid more than €500,000 each through criminal legal aid scheme payments last year, as the state outlay surged by 37pc to a record €115.3m."
"New figures provided by the Department of Justice show that three lawyers were paid almost €1m."
Thirty-one defence lawyers received more than €500,000 each through criminal legal aid scheme payments last year. State spending on criminal legal aid rose by 37% to a record €115.3m. Three lawyers were paid almost €1m each. A senior counsel who represented the murderer of Ashling Murphy was among those receiving over €500,000. The Department of Justice provided the figures showing the annual payments and the surge in outlay. The payments were part of the criminal legal aid scheme covering defence representation costs and indicate concentrated, high-value payments to a small cohort of lawyers.
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