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President Michael D. Higgins yesterday warned that barriers to access to justice in Ireland are damaging "the very fabric of our society, entrenching and exacerbating inequality". The president mounted a strong defence of legal aid in his speech at the officially opening of legal rights group FLAC's
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Two Irish lawyers earned more than €650,000 through the criminal legal aid scheme in 2018, according to new Department of Justice figures. Barrister Michael Bowman SC, who also topped the legal aid table in 2017 with €566,156, earned €656,198 in 2018.
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