Taoiseach’s office to spend €130,000 hiring firm to improve Covid-19 messaging

Department offers tender for company to streamline government’s coronavirus strategy after months of leaks and contradictory communications

A newly filed tender notice, published by the Department of the Taoiseach, seeks a ‘partner’ to ‘assist in the co-ordination of the government’s response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic’. Picture: Rollingnews.ie

The Taoiseach’s office is seeking to appoint a company to improve the government’s Covid-19 communications strategy at a cost of more than €130,000.

A newly filed tender notice, published by the Department of the Taoiseach, seeks a “partner” to “assist in the co-ordination of the government’s response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic”.

The tender is for the a company which can create graphic design materials, including posters and other materials, that streamline the government‘s visual ...