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And the total cost of paying the 35 people who served on the tribunal’s legal team since it was established in 1997 has now reached almost €50m. The top earner is Patricia Dillon, who has been paid almost €5.6m in legal fees.

Well, she did do all the heavy lifting.

Mahon Tribunal Creates Millionaire Lawyer No. 17 (Paul Melia and Michael Brennan, Irish Independent)