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A High Court ruling exposes a damning flaw in Ireland’s justice system: eleven accused individuals were illegally detained because they lacked lawyers at their bail hearings — a direct result of legal aid lawyers quitting over a new flat-fee payment system. Instead of being paid per appearance, solicitors now receive a fixed 520 euro fee, prompting many to walk away and leaving defendants without representation. The judge, Mary Rose Gearty, emphatically stated this wasn’t the fault of the District Court judges, but a “fundamental denial of justice” under Article 40 of the Constitution. While some of the accused have since been granted bail, others remain stuck in the system, and the full judgment is expected soon — revealing how a payment dispute has cascaded into a human rights crisis.

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