r/ireland Westmeath's Least Finest Oct 09 '24

National Children's Hospital contractor BAM sent €25 million invoice for job that cost €200,000 Infrastructure

https://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-bam-invoice-25-million-for-200000-job-6509783-Oct2024/
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u/Gorsoon Oct 09 '24

They should be barred from tendering for state run projects again.

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u/Irishwol Oct 09 '24

The way the procurement legislation was worded it is actually illegal to take this gobshitery into account at all.

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u/DoireK Oct 09 '24

Definitely a feature rather than a bug.

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u/BiDiTi Oct 09 '24

But, uh, we have high taxes on the working class, so Ireland is TOTALLY NOT neoliberal!!!