Irish Rail Writes Down €50M After Train IT Project Goes Off the Rails

Irish Rail writes down €50M after train IT project goes off the rails

Irish Rail has quietly written off €50 million on a troubled train traffic management system that now appears headed for the same graveyard as many ambitious public-sector IT projects before it. The State-owned rail operator no longer has confidence the new Traffic Management System can be rolled out across Ireland’s rail network as originally planned, according to reporting by The Irish Times. The system was supposed to modernize how train move…

‘National scandal’: Committee seeks urgent meetings on €50m write-off of Irish Rail IT project

‘€50 million has now been written off by Irish Rail on this project and there just simply has to be accountability.’

Irish Rail’s €50m writedown on IT project a ‘national scandal’, says Sinn Féin

Scathing criticism at Dáil committee follows report saying State-owned train operator has no confidence in traffic management system

Irish Rail decision to write off €50m spent on failed IT project 'a national scandal'

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€50m write-off of Iarnród Éireann IT project a 'scandal'

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee has heard that a €50 million write-off by Iarnród Éireann of a failed IT project is an "absolute scandal".