{"id":2945,"date":"2008-08-30T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/?p=2945"},"modified":"2008-08-30T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T22:00:37","slug":"sunday-money-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2008\/08\/30\/15\/00\/sunday-money-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Money Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

From day one of the public hearings held in Derry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ornate Victorian Guildhall, the Bloody Sunday inquiry has served as a cash cow for the army of solicitors and barristers involved. Official figures show that legal costs have swallowed more than half of the \u00c2\u00a3181m spent up to the end of last year. The senior QCs alone have pocketed well over \u00c2\u00a320m, and the gravy train is still rolling. The final bill for Saville\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seemingly interminable investigation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which heard its last witness three years ago but continues to cost around \u00c2\u00a3500,000 per month \u00e2\u20ac\u201c seems certain to exceed \u00c2\u00a3250m and could reach \u00c2\u00a3400m<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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