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Article: Analysis - Deloitte's [pounds sterling]40m bill shocks Ireland. Ireland is in uproar over Deloitte's huge consulting bill - made all the more galling by the revelation that it was for the management of two IT systems that ultimately failed. The resulting scandal could even cost Bertie Ahern his government, writes David Harding.
- Article from:
- Accountancy Age
- Article date:
- November 10, 2005
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Ireland has a new public enemy number one - Deloitte. A huge row has developed in the Republic over the cost of consultants to the public purse following the failure of two expensive but dud IT systems that Deloitte worked on.
The row threatens to blow up into a full-blown scandal, claim the political lives of a minister or two and even become a running sore in a general election that may be up to two years away but for which campaigning has already started.
The furore might even end up helping to bring down the Fianna Fail government of accountant Bertie Ahern (pictured).
More profoundly, the row has moved beyond the bubble of politics and ...