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Sat 03 Mar 2010Board members sacked over tendering
THE NORTH’S Sinn Féin Minister of Regional Development Conor Murphy has sacked the chairman and three non-executive directors of Northern Ireland Water over the manner in which contracts worth £8 million (€8.8 million) were awarded.
An independent inquiry has found a number of breaches over how the company gave the go-ahead for some 20 lucrative contracts. The breaches included evidence of several of these contracts being awarded without proper tendering procedures.
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