Jim O'Callaghan
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581 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 31 Jul
Jim O'Callaghan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The Indo Daily · Jim O’Callaghan v the Lawyers: The high-stakes legal aid showdown · 31 Jul 2026
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Some solicitors think that if they put enough pressure on the system to disrupt cases, that this is going to result in political pressure on me and I'm going to revoke the regulations.
That's not going to happen.
I did research within the Department of 350,000 criminal cases between 2022 and 2023, and it showed that the length of time it takes for a criminally legal aid funded case to be concluded was five appearances, whilst for non-criminally legal aid funded cases, it was for three appearances.
So because of that, that's the basis upon which I introduced the flat fee of €520, which gives recognition to the fact of there being five appearances.
And if there is a vote next week, we can't vote confidence in the Tánaiste.
I know she gave a very passionate defence of herself today.
I know she believes she did no wrong, but in my opinion, she should go.
Well, up to the 17th of July, 1,279 people have been moved out of the state to, whether it is deportation flights or voluntary returns or other types of forced returns.
Jim O'Callaghan and Dara Kaliri have been mooted as possible candidates for any leadership race in Fianna Fáil and Micheál Martin appears to be holding fast to power right now.
But talk about who will be the next leader has been rife since the party's poor performance in the recent by-elections.
So has the race effectively begun?
Well, Gerard Howland is a public affairs consultant and former senior political advisor, and he joins me now.
We were talking about this earlier on Anton's programme, and I described it as a shadow race in Fianna Fáil.
How would you describe it?
Is it underway?
Is it rumbling around there, Gerard?
And do you think that is what will happen, that he will decide to leave rather than being pushed?
So what type of a person do you have to be who thrives on your party being on life support?
People forget how bad things were back in 2011.
I mean, the machine was very nearly switched off a couple of times and he has stayed in there, as you have said, since then.
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