On July 3, 2024, the Arts Council’s ambitious overhaul of its ICT systems, approved by civil servants in 2018, came before the management board at the Department of Arts.  Far from a brief bullet point in proceedings to note that everything was going to plan, serious problems with the project were laid bare.  The overreach, the outsourcing, the bugs, the budget overspend, and the ultimate binning of the project at a projected loss of €5.3 million to the Exchequer were all on the agenda.  Following the meeting, a departmental review was immediately commissioned. The secretary general, Feargal Ó Coigligh, rapidly…

Want to continue reading?

Introductory offer: Sign up today and pay €200 for an annual membership, a saving of €50.

Subscribe

Cancel at any time.

Are you already a member? .