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Solicitors Strike Over Legal Aid Fees | Cork News
Solicitors are staging a mass walkout, halting over a thousand court cases, in protest of new legal aid fee reforms that slash payments to a flat €520 per case — a move they say ignores the complexity of their work and reflects an authoritarian approach by Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan. Lawyers, some calling the minister’s tactics “Trumpian,” accuse him of bypassing dialogue and forcing changes without consensus. While the minister, a former barrister, defends the cuts as essential to curb the €210 million legal aid deficit over two years, and insists talks began in late 2025, the…
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