IT’S a bit rich hearing that the EU Court of Auditors finds Kevin Cardiff possibly inappropriate as a new member of the team.

THE Government faces growing opposition to its nomination of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors, with Fine Gael’s political grouping in Brussels questioning its choice of candidate.

The Government’s appointment of the outgoing secretary general of the Department of Finance, Kevin Cardiff, to the European Court of Auditors raises a number of questions.

The Finance Minister Michael Noonan is reiterating that he fully supports the nomination of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors.

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.

A top EC whistleblower and a Eurosceptic MEP joined forces today to call for an investigation into the alleged misuse of British taxpayers’ money in Europe.

The European Commission “whistle-blower” who plagued Neil Kinnock for more than two years was sacked today for disloyalty and breach of trust.

The European Commission was today accused by its former chief accountant of covering up claims that the EU’s €100.5bn budget was “massively open to fraud”.