Lawyers under fire for €29m Redress Board fees

LAWYERS acting for victims of abuse in institutional schools came under fire last night for creaming off €29m in legal fees from the Redress Board.

Two Dublin firms alone were paid over €4m apiece for their work in securing settlements for victims of Church schools and other institutions, according to figures out today.

But organisations representing survivors criticised the bill for legal fees, which represented around 20% of the €158m paid out by the board in 2005.