Firm behind Irish Rail's failed €50m IT system has not delivered product to any country, Dáil committee to hear


                It emerged last May that Irish Rail had opted to discontinue the Indra projec — whose cost had ballooned from €20m to €50m — given the time and cost overruns which had dogged the project.

It emerged last May that Irish Rail had opted to discontinue the Indra projec — whose cost had ballooned from €20m to €50m — given the time and cost overruns which had dogged the project.

The contractor for a failed €50m attempt to upgrade the traffic management of Ireland’s rail network has so far failed to deliver its “generic product” to a single country, an Oireachtas Committee is to hear.

The Public Accounts Committee will be told on Thursday that Spanish company Indra had assured Irish Rail a “generic product” would be delivered to Ireland in 2021, two years after the company won the contract to upgrade the rail management system.

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