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#632 Is Ireland’s Legal Aid System Being Played?
In this episode, Niall is joined by social commentator Karl Deeter to take a hard look at the cost, scale, and alleged abuse of Ireland’s free legal aid system — and whether reform is long overdue.
They discuss recent comments from Aontú TD Paul Lawless, who has argued that:
“Repeat offenders who repeatedly receive free legal aid should have part of the cost recovered from their social welfare payments or assets. Some individuals appear before the courts 10, 20, even hundreds of times, each time availing of free legal aid at the taxpayer’s expense.”
The conversation is set against the…
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