Among the grid of towering office blocks that are home to EU institutions on Luxembourg’s Kirchberg Plateau, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) occupies one of the oldest. On the top floor, the president’s office overlooks several of the bodies under its watch.  Visitors are greeted by a vintage poster for Tourism Ireland, circa 1990. Next comes a friendly handshake with Tony Murphy, the approachable Dubliner who has been Europe’s top auditor for more than three years. “I’m a financial auditor by trade,” says Murphy, who joined the Comptroller and Auditor General’s office in 1979. Through his career, he has…

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