Irish Examiner View: Spending leaves quite a sour taste

Dental Hospital's expenditure back in the headlines

Dublin Dental University Hospital awarded a contract to Jennings Design Studio for the delivery of roughly five projects at the institution’s South Dublin campus from August 2023 — but it did so without a competitive tender.

There’s been stiff competition in recent months when it comes to the most spendthrift publicly-funded organisation in Ireland — a contest with strong entries from all over the country.

Among those entries are the costly Fireman’s Rest renovation by Cork City Council and the notorious bike shed built by the OPW in Leinster House, not to mention the dysfunctional IT system for the Arts Council which cost millions but was never delivered.