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Interview: ‘We become prisoners of our own history . . . Many people don’t realise they have an aptitude to work in IT’ — Barry Lowry, chief information officer

The chief digital advisor to the government on his ambitious targets for MyGovID and why more workers in their 40s should be encouraged to retrain for well-paid jobs in IT

Barry Lowry, the government’s chief information officer: ‘With the right retraining, people can learn the necessary skills.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips