VEC boss to report on loss-making deal

THE chief executive of County Cork VEC has broken his silence on its loss of substantial sums in a school computers deal and confirmed the state’s spending watchdog was probing the issue.

In a letter to members of Cork County VEC, its chief executive, Barra Ó Briain, revealed he has responded to separate inquiries from the Comptroller and Auditor General, John Buckley, and the Department of Education and Skills.

Mr Ó Briain said he was required to do so after an anonymous tipster alerted the Dáil Public Accounts Committee to the fallout from an unorthodox computers contract.