Dublin City Council bolsters internal spending controls after breaching procurement rules by millions

Dublin City Council has moved to bolster internal spending controls after it was found to have spent millions of euros in breach of procurement rules across a number of key projects last year.

A recently published audit carried out by the Department of Housing found that a significant number of contracts across all departments at the country’s largest local authority were not compliant with procurement guidelines.

It found that the council had spent above and ...