Legal fees 'account for 80% of total tribunal costs'

Taxpayers have reportedly paid out almost €230m in recent years on tribunals investigating issues ranging from planning corruption to the retention of children's organs.

Legal fees 'account for 80% of total tribunal costs'

Taxpayers have reportedly paid out almost €230m in recent years on tribunals investigating issues ranging from planning corruption to the retention of children's organs.

Reports this morning say new government figures show €180m of this figure has been spent on legal fees, making millionaires of some of the country's top barristers.

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