Apology over anti-Cardiff emails accepted by court

THE President of the European Court of Auditors has accepted an apology from Ireland’s member over emails lobbying against Kevin Cardiff.

The secretary general of the Department of Finance, has been put forward by the Government to replace Eoin O’Shea but was rejected by a committee of the European Parliament last week. It will be up to a full meeting of the parliament in two weeks to decide whether to overrule the committee’s rejection, and recommend Mr Cardiff.

A statement from the Luxembourg-based court about the controversial emails sent by Mr O’Shea said: “The president, Vitor Caldeira, took note of Mr O’Shea’s explanation and most importantly of his apology. He regrets Mr O’Shea’s actions on the proposed nomination of Mr Cardiff. All members of the court must conduct themselves as seen in the Treaty and the members’ code of conduct.”