Businessman in dispute with HSE over faulty ventilators wins contract for Galway hydro turbine project

Robert Quirke: His company Roqu has been in dispute with the HSE over €10.3m paid to the company since May 2020. Picture: Julien Behal

A man behind a festival management company in dispute with the HSE over more than €10m in unusable covid ventilators is to install a new €3.3m hydroelectric turbine system on the Galway City canal network.

Quirke Renewable Systems, a company operated by Robert Quirke, has landed a contract with the city council to install a hydro turbine project bankrolled by EU funding.