Legal aid reinstated for holiday man

A district court judge has reinstated free legal aid for a father of three who failed to turn up in court because he was on holiday abroad.

William Harty, aged 25, of Clonmacken Court, Limerick, had his legal aid revoked by Limerick District Court Judge Eugene O’Kelly last month after he failed to appear in court because he was on holiday.

Judge O’Kelly said the State was under enormous expense to provide persons with legal aid, adding: “It is not intended to facilitate people going on foreign holidays.”