# legal-aid - Friday 9 August, 2019
# Free Legal Aid
# Free Legal Aid
Tipperary County Council passed a motion in March requesting that the Minister for Justice consider it.
# legal-aid - Monday 25 February, 2019
# FLAC
# FLAC
Higgins was speaking at the opening of Flac’s new Dublin office.
# legal-aid - Saturday 2 February, 2019
# Abhaile
# Abhaile
Changes to the funding structure of the government’s mortgage arrears assistance scheme mean solicitors will have to show why they need a barrister for each case.
# legal-aid - Tuesday 11 September, 2018
# Arrears
# Arrears
Minister Charlie Flanagan today praised the success of the Abhaile legal advice scheme, but did not indicate it would be extended to provide full representation.
# legal-aid - Friday 18 May, 2018
# Legal Aid
# Legal Aid
As an application was made at Belfast Crown Court to award Jackson his legal costs following the ‘not guilty’.
# legal-aid - Sunday 24 December, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
More than 30,000 accounts have been in arrears for more than two years.
# legal-aid - Monday 14 August, 2017
# Michael Frazer
# Michael Frazer
One listed a €4,000 Rolex watch and a €14,000 car as assets in his application for free legal aid .
# legal-aid - Thursday 27 July, 2017
# Delays
# Delays
The Legal Aid Board says it’s forced to make the changes because of budgetary constraints.
# legal-aid - Thursday 20 July, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
Fine Gael Senator John O’Mahony argued this morning that the system in place in Ireland is in need of an overhaul.
# legal-aid - Thursday 8 June, 2017
# Abhaile
# Abhaile
Figures released to TheJournal.ie demonstrate the “massive” scale of the mortgage arrears problem, according to one expert.
# legal-aid - Sunday 26 March, 2017
# Right To A Defence
# Right To A Defence
€53 million was spent on providing free legal aid to people facing criminal charges last year alone.
# legal-aid - Friday 10 March, 2017
# Women's Rights
# Women's Rights
We need to bring in an automatic waiver of the financial contribution towards “free” legal aid in cases of domestic violence, writes Eilis Barry.
# legal-aid - Monday 6 February, 2017
# Helping Hand
# Helping Hand
Legal aid is a hot-topic issue here in the wake of David Drumm’s successful application for same last week.
# legal-aid - Monday 3 October, 2016
# Abhaile
# Abhaile
The mortgage-holder must be in arrears and insolvent to qualify.
# legal-aid - Friday 30 September, 2016
# Dublin
# Dublin
The 17-year-old is charged with 26 counts of theft.
# legal-aid - Friday 22 July, 2016
# Courts
# Courts
In July 2007, he was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife Rachel.
# legal-aid - Thursday 5 May, 2016
# Legal Aid
# Legal Aid
As a TD, Murphy is entitled to an annual salary of €87,258 before tax.
# legal-aid - Tuesday 3 May, 2016
# Court
# Court
The man cannot be named to protect the women’s identities.
# legal-aid - Sunday 25 January, 2015
# Courts
# Courts
The expenditure has reduced by about €10 million in the last six years.
# legal-aid - Friday 17 January, 2014
# Courts
# Courts
Saverio Bellante, 39, is accused of murdering Tom O’Gorman in the house they shared in Castleknock after a game of chess.
# legal-aid - Thursday 12 September, 2013
# Legal Costs
# Legal Costs
The minimum contribution is set to rise from €50 to €130 but parents facing legal action from the HSE over child fare will have their costs waived.
# legal-aid - Sunday 21 July, 2013
# Public Money
# Public Money
Should the government try to recoup that money? One Fine Gael TD says it should.
# legal-aid - Friday 25 November, 2011
# Recession
# Recession
The Bar Council’s Voluntary Assistance Scheme is seeing more people with debt issues who cannot afford legal representation.
# legal-aid - Thursday 20 October, 2011
# Forensics
# Forensics
A defence lawyer warns that defendants are less equipped than prosecutors when it comes to engaging forensic experts to testify – increasing the danger of unsafe convictions.
# legal-aid - Friday 7 October, 2011
# Legal Aid
# Legal Aid
The Legal Aid Board’s report for 2010 shows that demand for its services has grown by over 70 per cent over four years.
# legal-aid - Thursday 14 July, 2011
# Legal Fees
# Legal Fees
Almost one-third has been knocked off solicitor and counsel fees in criminal legal aid scheme since 2009.