Bord Bia paid €135k to company directed by its chairman
State agency Bord Bia last year paid more than €135,000 for “food costs” to a catering company directed by under-fire chairman Larry Murrin and owned by his wife.Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald today called for Murrin to resign over reports that his company Dawn Farm Foods uses imported Brazilian beef.Then Fianna Fáil agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue appointed Murrin chair of the food promotion agency in 2024.Murrin has been a director of Banqueting Food Systems Ltd since 2004 and his wife Nora Murrin owns 92 percent of its shares, according to Companies Registration Office records.Bord Bia paid the company €135,567.26 for “food costs” in 2025, according to records seen by The Ditch. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of the Murrins or their company."The contract for indoor catering services for Bord Bia with Banqueting Food Systems Ltd commenced March 10, 2023 and ends in March 2026.The procurement process followed by Bord Bia was carried out through e-tenders which is the public sector portal for all contracts (of certain values)," said a Bord Bia spokesperson.
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