
Banks Bailout – Anglo Irish Banks
Brian Cowen TD & the Banks Bailout
Eamon Ryan TD & the Banks Bailout
IBRC – Formerly Anglo Irish Banks
Troika – the systemic dismantling of Ireland’s Health System
There is no accountability in the top echelons of the Irish Civil Service. If they screw up, do a bad job or have no idea what is going on – they are not fired or demoted – they move either sideways or upwards – and sometimes they get shipped out but still upwards.
Kevin Cardiff appointed a director of KBC Bank Ireland – 12 Sept 2018
Irish banking crisis inquiry: Ireland was ‘pushed’ into bailout – Kevin Cardiff – 18 June 2015
Report of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis – Kevin Cardiff – 18 June 2015
‘A very serious matter’: Who leaked this man’s 380-page statement? – 15 June 2015
Why was this man left outside the room on the night of the guarantee? – 9 June 2015
Aaron McKenna: Why are we still rewarding failure and sparing punishment in the public sector? – 2 Aug 2014
Finance chief gets seat on board of major EU investor – 17 June 2013
Auditors of which Kevin Cardiff is a member, report €5 billion ‘material errors’ in EU accounts – 6 Nov 2012
Report on €3.6 billion accounting error may be published next week – 14 May 2012
€85k spent on hiring internal candidate to succeed Cardiff is ‘best practice’ – 12 March 2012
Kevin Cardiff’s Department of Finance successor named – 6 March 2012
Kevin Cardiff takes up Court of Auditors post today – Former Dept of Finance official’s new role carries a renewable term of six years and a basic salary of €229,000 – 1 March 2012
Why you should take anything that comes out of Ireland’s Department of Finance with a pinch of salt. – 1 March 2012
External review of €3.6bn accounting error “under way” – Noonan – 23 Feb 2012
Remember Kevin Cardiff and the €3.6bn error in the national debt? – 23 Jan 2012
MEPs approve Kevin Cardiff’s nomination to Court of Auditors – The 10 MEPs from the European People’s Party – the largest grouping in the parliament, of which Fine Gael is a member – had voted against backing Cardiff amid concerns that he could be asked to audit European bailout spending in Ireland after playing a major role in securing the EU-IMF deal. – 13 Dec 2011
Pity Kevin Cardiff – he never signed up for public scrutiny – 24 Nov 2011
Irish MEPs divided on Kevin Cardiff’s rejection by EU committee – 24 Nov 2011
Gilmore: Kevin Cardiff ‘remains the government nominee’ for EU job – Mary Lou McGuinness called on the government to withdraw the nomination – which she said would allow Cardiff to return to Ireland to be held accountable for his role in the 2008 events. – 24 Nov 2011
In numbers: why you’d want to be on the EU Court of Auditors – 24 Nov 2011
Irish rep on Court of Auditors: I emailed MEPs to lobby against Cardiff – 24 Nov 2011
Cardiff could go back to old job – but has one day to apply – 23 Nov 2011
Kevin Cardiff still in with chance of EU job: De Rossa – 23 Nov 2011
Irish official Kevin Cardiff fails interview for plum EU job – 2011
Government won’t intervene over Kevin Cardiff appointment to top EU job – 9 Nov 2011
EU official hits out at Kevin Cardiff over €3.6bn accounting blunder – MEP Marta Andreasen has said the outgoing Finance head is not suitable for a position on the European Court of Auditors. – She said even if Cardiff was not ultimately responsible for the error – in which the €3.6billion was counted twice – it should put him beyond consideration. – 7 Nov 2011
Kevin Cardiff – an unlikeable Forrest Gump? – 6 Nov 2011
Eoghan Murphy TD – What The Finance? Heads should roll over €3.6bn gaffe – 5 Nov 2011
Department of Finance was told about the €3.6bn mistake last year – but did nothing – 2 Nov 2011
Kevin Cardiff: full member of the Board of Directors for Ireland – 8 Feb 2007