Bernard Gloster describes breach as ‘one of the most defining collapses of corporate governance you could imagine’

HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins

HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins

The HSE has lost up to €7m in payments to a company with which it had no proper contract, but nobody will be held accountable.

The revelation emerged ­yesterday after HSE chief Bernard Gloster ­said the company that supplied respiratory sensors between 2000 and 2024 has gone into liquidation.