TÁNAISTE Eamon Gilmore has denied that Labour “hijacked” the outgoing Irish member of the European Court of Auditors, Eoin O’Shea.

THE debacle of Kevin Cardiff’s rejection for the Court of Auditors leaves the Government with a series of options, each one more messy than the other and in danger of re-opening the debate in Europe on the country’s handling of the financial crisis.

THE Government’s nomination of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors is expected to meet vociferous objections from the European Parliament after the €3.6 billion accounting error at the Department of Finance.