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Full coverage: Narooma

“Critically urgent”: In the scramble for Covid supplies, did the IDA scupper a €7.5m ventilator deal?

A Wicklow supply company claims it is €3.5 million out of pocket because the IDA induced the HSE to withdraw from a ventilator contract. The development authority has launched a full-blaze defence.

Francesca Comyn
29th Jun, 2021 - 11 min read

The HSE was sued when a €7.5m emergency ventilator deal collapsed last March. Now it’s the IDA’s turn

Ireland's agency for foreign direct investment is being blamed for the HSE's withdrawal from a contract to buy critical ventilators. The Irish medical supplies firm who lost out on the deal now wants the IDA to pay damages.

Francesca Comyn
15th Oct, 2020 - 3 min read

From garda complaints to alleged defamation: ventilator row goes to arbitration

Having urgently signed a €7.5 million contract to buy ventilators on the night of the lockdown, the HSE cancelled the deal and allegedly sparked a garda investigation involving Interpol. Court proceedings followed but a recent ruling means the dispute will now continue behind closed doors.

Francesca Comyn
3rd Jul, 2020 - 7 min read
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