Shatter’s former firm nets HSE fees of €422k

The legal firm that Justice Minister Alan Shatter helped build got fees totalling €422,130 from the HSE last year.

The payments to Gallagher Shatter Solicitors form part of €28.7m in legal fees that the HSE paid out last year.

Mr Shatter joined the Dublin firm in 1976 and, until his appointment as justice minister in March 2011, Mr Shatter was the firm’s consultant on family law.