RTÉ recouped just €180,000 from the €2.8 million contract for the part-failed project to overhaul its finance and human resources IT systems, media department records show. While the project delivered a significant upgrade of RTÉ’s financial system, it did not deliver the HR modules. As The Currency revealed in April, the broadcaster wrote €3.6 million off the value of the project between 2020 and 2023, with the significant impairments including €750,000 in staff costs. Problems emerged from the early stages of the project, which kicked off in 2018. As a result, the contract with one of the two suppliers on…

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