Whatever about the Irish public sector’s ability to efficiently build everything from children’s hospitals to bike shelters, there’s a slightly depressing familiarity to the news that the cost of software procurement projects have spiralled out of control.  The recent revelations that the Arts Council and RTÉ both wrote down millions on technology projects suggest that the lessons of the past have still not been learnt and best practices for large technology projects are still not being followed.  As a technology reporter, I cut my teeth reporting on abandoned projects like the HSE’s PPARS personnel system and Bertie Ahern’s pet tech…

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