Troika reviewer hits out at Irish legal and GP fees

THE head of the European Commission review team to Ireland has hit out at the size of medical fees here, saying he would pay half as much to see a GP in Brussels.

“I am living in Brussels, which is not at all a cheap place to live… I pay half the price you pay when you go to see a GP,” said Istvan Szekely.

He also criticised legal fees, saying the legal profession and its costs needed to be brought “into the 21st century”.