Lying Eyes lawyer best paid at €270k

The leading barrister who shot to prominence for her cross-examination of Sharon Collins, aka “Lying Eyes”, was the best paid senior prosecutor in the country last year, new figures from the DPP show.

Una Ní Raifeartaigh SC received €270,854 (incl VAT) for her work as a prosecutor in 2011. The payment to Ms Ní Raifeartaigh was part of €13m paid by the DPP to counsel last year — a drop of 8% on the €14.7m paid out for prosecuting cases in 2010.

Ms Ní Raifeartaigh has recently represented the DPP a number of times in court concerning its high-profile, three-year investigation into Anglo Irish Bank.