Timeline of events at NI Water

BBC News Online looks at the timeline of events surrounding Northern Ireland Water's procument policy and the fallout from an independent investigation into its activities. October 2009 Recently appointed NI Water chief executive Laurence MacKenzie becomes aware of a contract he believed merited investigation. He also orders a probe into other contracts, mainly consultative work, which may not have been competitively tendered. The internal audit continues throughout the autumn of last year. January 2010 Mr MacKenzie receives the results of the internal audit, which pointed to instances of "single tender actions" having...