Criminal barristers including those pictured at the Courthouse on Washington Street Cork have withdrawn their services from today�s court sessions and are calling on the Government to reverse cuts to their fees imposed back in 2008.
Protests are being staged at 16 Courthouses across the country.
Sean Guerin SC, chair of the criminal State bar committee, added: �It has been acknowledged in government that there is �no good reason� why fees of criminal barristers shouldn�t be restored, yet eight months on from a commitment to establish a process reviewing the fees, no meaningful progress has been made.
�The impact of inadequate fees is having a corrosive effect on the retention of counsel in criminal practice and this isn�t just a matter that affects barristers, it�s also a matter of social justice.
�A lack of experienced and available barristers to fully and properly defend or prosecute a case, leads to inequality and injustice, which have an impact on everyone in society.
�Public trust in the criminal justice system should not be taken for granted, and must be protected.�
Criminal barristers previously staged a one day work stoppage in October last year
Further days of action are planned for July 15th and July 24th
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