It has worked with everyone from Walmart to Uber to The New York Times. It even counts online fashion site Net-a-Porter among its clients. Now Waterford-based software developer NearForm has landed its most important contract yet: Ireland.  As the country battles to manage its Covid-19 crisis, the Health Service Executive has confirmed to The Currency that it has turned to a Tramore technology business called NearForm to create a life-saving mobile phone tracking and tracing app for Covid-19.  The opt-in mobile phone app will allow people to be notified if they are near confirmed cases allowing them to take extra precautions…

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