Revealed: the top earning criminal legal aid solicitors and barristers last year

Former cabinet minister Michael Ring. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Shane Phelan

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A prominent government TD has called for changes to the criminal legal aid scheme after figures released by the Department of Justice showed it cost taxpayers €72m last year.

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Revealed: the top earning criminal legal aid solicitors and barristers last year

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Revealed: the top earning criminal legal aid solicitors and barristers last year

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