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Barristers must agree to reforms to reverse legal aid cuts, warns Leo Varadkar

Taoiseach signalled government was open to reinstating fees if barristers agreed to reforms in the criminal legal aid scheme

Protest: Barristers are withdrawing their services at courthouses around the country today in a one-day strike action. Picture: Darragh Kane

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned barristers that they need to agree to reforms to reverse criminal legal aid cuts.

Barristers are withdrawing their services at courthouses nationwide on Tuesday in a one-day strike action.

They have made the case that the criminal legal aid fee cuts of 28.5 per cent to 69 per cent - which were imposed on barristers between 2009-2011 - are threatening the quality of legal representation that will be available in ...