Anger must turn to action in wake of 'inexcusable' waste of public funds

This long-running saga, which only came to public attention on Wednesday, lasted almost five years from inception to calamitous end, with costs doubling from €2.9m towards almost €7m

It has been revealed that the Art Council wasted €6.7m on an IT system that never materialised. Picture: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

We’ve been here before.

Headlines were made last September when stories about a bike shelter in Leinster House costing €335,000 emerged in the public domain. There was fury from the political classes.