Procurement Update: EU Funding A Key Consideration In Lifting Of An Automatic Suspension Of Contract Award
| Published date | 05 December 2025 |
| Law Firm | Arthur Cox |
| Author | Mr Aaron Boyle, Joanelle O'Cleirigh, Peter Woods, Maeve Crockett, Sarah Galvin and Katrina Donnelly |
In Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. v Iarnród Éireann and Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd and Stadler Rail Schweiz AG [2025] IECH 645, the High Court in Ireland lifted an automatic suspension of the award of a contract, triggered when the applicant challenged the award of two inter-related contracts worth '650 million for the purchase and maintenance of trains for the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise Service. The respondents applied to the Court to urgently lift the suspension to avoid losing '165 million of EU Peace-Plus funding, receipt of which was conditional on contract delivery by 31 December 2029. The respondents' position was that, if the contracts...
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