"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 from the criminal legal aid scheme in the last year. State expenditure on the criminal legal aid scheme increased by 37% to a record €115.3 million. Three individual lawyers were paid amounts approaching €1 million. A senior counsel who represented the murderer of Ashling Murphy was among the 31 lawyers receiving over €500,000. The figures were released by the Department of Justice and show concentrated, substantial payments to a relatively small group of defence lawyers under the scheme.
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