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Ireland's top-paid lawyers: Jailed solicitor Cahir O'Higgins earned €200k from legal aid cases

Ireland's top-paid lawyers: Jailed solicitor Cahir O'Higgins earned €200k from legal aid cases

Cahir O'Higgins received €204,747 in legal aid fees during 2024

Criminal barristers in NI to withdraw services in legal aid dispute

Criminal barristers in NI to withdraw services in legal aid dispute

The Criminal Bar Association said the system of criminal legal aid in Northern Ireland had reached ‘crisis point’.

Criminal cases adjourned due to barristers' protest

Criminal cases adjourned due to barristers' protest

Most of the cases listed for Monday were adjourned to Tuesday

Government urged to engage with criminal law barristers as fresh protests held

Government urged to engage with criminal law barristers as fresh protests held

Criminal barristers to withdraw services again

Criminal barristers to withdraw services again

Criminal law barristers to strike in July over fees

Criminal law barristers to strike in July over fees

Significant disruption at courts as barristers go on strike

Significant disruption at courts as barristers go on strike

Barristers strike: ‘This isn’t about rates, it’s about equality’

Barristers strike: ‘This isn’t about rates, it’s about equality’

Fri, 06 Oct, 2023

Criminal barristers in Mayo withdrew their services last Tuesday as a part of nationwide strike action over austerity-era cuts to the legal profession that have never been reversed.

Dublin courts sit in reduced capacity as barristers undertake industrial action

Dublin courts sit in reduced capacity as barristers undertake industrial action

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

The court sat as usual at 10.30am, with all business completed by 10.45am