New changes in payment fees are causing solicitors across the country to resign from the legal aid scheme.
From today, solicitors will be paid a flat fee of 520 euro - regardless of how many appearances they represent a client at.
That replaces the 240 euro they received for first appearances, and around 60 euro for each sitting which followed.
Solicitors may continue to withdraw services long into July in response to proposed legal aid reform.
That's despite a renewed offer from the Department of Justice on Monday.
Despite the withdrawal of services, solicitors have continued to travel to court sittings in some areas.
As the national movement has intensified, some solicitors have escalated the withdrawal of services to include juvenile cases and new cases for those in custody.
Roscommon-based Solicitor Alan Gannon is resigning from the legal aid panel - he says the changes mean there's a chance they might not get paid at the end:
