Graham Dwyer trial pushes DPP’s lawyer bill to €7.4m

The costs associated with the marathon Graham Dwyer murder trial has helped push the lawyer bill for the first six months of this year for the Director of Public Prosecutions to over €7.4m.

Figures released by the DPP in response to a freedom of information request show between January and June, it paid barristers to represent the State in the criminal courts €7.462m.

The payout represents a 12% or €900,000 increase on the €7.37m paid to counsel for the corresponding period last year and the spend this year is well on its way to top the €13.4m paid by the DPP to barristers for the whole of 2014.