Salary of €110k for part-time post defended

The director general of the Law Society Ken Murphy has defended the pay of more than €2,000 per week to the society’s elected president.

Accounts published by the cash-rich Law Society confirm that its president received €110,000 in 2013 for the part-time post.

It was paid out under the heading of ‘President’s subvention’ follows a €110,000 payout in 2012.