Flat Fee Plan Threatens Justice

A bold new payment plan threatens to unravel Ireland’s criminal legal aid system, as hundreds of lawyers prepare to walk away over a flat fee of 455 euros. Claimed as reform, the move ignores past failures — including a disastrous family law overhaul that caused lawyer shortages — and is backed by misleading claims about cost savings and prosecution declines. The Minister’s department admits no data on delays, which are mostly caused by state bureaucracy, not lawyers. This rushed, cost-cutting plan risks harming the most vulnerable defendants — children, the mentally ill, the homeless — while pretending to fix systemic problems with no real evidence to back it up. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c61c189c74a6824c