The Irish Times·3 min read·medium
Legal aid system did not delay Kerry football fan’s three-year case flagged by Minister
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Ellen O’Riordan, Mark Tighe
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The Irish Minister for Justice has cited a three-year delay in a minor court case as evidence that the criminal legal aid payment system requires reform. The government is replacing a fee structure that incentivized adjournments with a flat-fee model to ensure faster case resolution.
A Kerry football fan, whose three-year-long prosecution was singled out by the Minister for Justice as an “unacceptable” example of District Court delays caused by the old criminal legal aid system, was never represented by a legal aid solicitor.
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