Company boss to defend civil case over IT contracts

A 42-YEAR-OLD company director is to strongly defend an action taken against him by a state agency in relation to alleged collusion on contracts for supply of computer equipment and services.

Peter Grady and the company, IT Upgrade Ltd, registered at Mr Grady’s address at Roseberry, Newbridge, Co Kildare, are co-defendants in a civil case being taken by the National Educational Welfare Board against its own former information technology manager Neil Ryan.

None of the defendants has been identified to date by the board or by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) John Purcell, who revealed details of the matter in a special report last week.