Quinn Director abducted and assaulted

Calltocall wrote: »

I’ve been reading the history to this story and I have to say I’m absolutely shocked that this campaign of intimidation has been going on for so long without even one arrest, I mean what the hell is going on that the cops haven’t got involved or come down on these guys before it got to this, amazing that there are still pockets in Ireland that are basically run by criminals/subversives

The other thing I find baffling is that Quinn has consistently come out and said nothing to do with me and seems genuine however it all seems very very personal, am I missing something here?

Absolute dirt, hope the guards have the courage to pursue this to conviction, that kind of thing belongs to a dark chapter in the history of our country and has no place in modern Ireland.

I'd imagine that Quinn and his businesses created an economic environment that allowed some underhand dealings to exist in the shadow of legitimate activity. Once there was a new sheriff in town after Quinn lost his companies, a lot of the shadow in which these illegal activities operated disappeared.

Danzy wrote: »

Shoe horning the IRA in to this is purely to fit your agenda or may be to distract people.

Have you taken it up with the Journal?

https://www.thejournal.ie/arson-investigation-ira-quinn-4362333-Dec2018/

"Gardaí have drawn up a list of persons of interest in the arson cases. Two men known to each other are part of the list. The men, who are believed to be members of an IRA splinter group, have been on the gardaí’s radar for a number of years. They are also suspected of being involved in a number of crimes across the border region in the last five years."

Or the Irish News?

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/19/news/dissident-republicans-carried-out-brutal-abduction-of-quinn-industrial-holdings-executive-1716238/

"DISSIDENT republicans involved in a recent border bombing were responsible for the violent kidnapping of a prominent businessman in Co Fermanagh."

And the Independent?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/sean-quinn-in-terrifying-good-friday-death-threat-30409388.html

"A convicted criminal is one of the suspects who is currently under investigation for orchestrating a campaign of intimidation against Quinn companies.

He has links to both dissident republicans and the IRA and has returned to the border counties after his recent release from prison."

The Irish Times have done everything but say it:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/a-pig-s-head-burnt-out-vehicles-and-punishment-beating-the-persecution-of-quinn-executives-1.4022850

"Security sources have described the attack on businessman Kevin Lunney as a throwback to the era of Provisional IRA punishment beatings. They added that even in the context of those paramilitary attacks the beating and torture of Mr Lunney was on the upper end of the scale."


The Irish republican ideology has a lot to answer for.

Danzy wrote: »

So these friends in low places are able to stop information being passed on, possible and also have the Gardaí and State authorities turn a blind eye to a 5 yr campaign of intimidation against a business, yeah right.

It's been 5 years of inaction and ignoring and that is from the top.

A seconds Google search shows that a man is facing charges for a previous attack on Mr Lunney. Guess that doesn't suit your conspiracy theory. The authorities have not been turning a blind eye. Granted, they need to up their game and put some of these people away for a long time.

Panrich wrote: »

I'd imagine that Quinn and his businesses created an economic environment that allowed some underhand dealings to exist in the shadow of legitimate activity. Once there was a new sheriff in town after Quinn lost his companies, a lot of the shadow in which these illegal activities operated disappeared.

Version I've heard floating about here is that Lunney isn't exactly sparkly clean himself, and now that he's got where he is, he's not playing ball anymore.

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Version I've heard floating about here is that Lunney isn't exactly sparkly clean himself, and now that he's got where he is, he's not playing ball anymore.

That's business. You don't get that far up the corporate ladder without breaking a few eggs to make that big omelette. Having to revert to violence shows business ineptitude and desperation.

Sofiztikated wrote: »

More along the lines of him being not adverse to using their services previously.

You’re accusing him of using the ra any proof?
But you accept they were involved?

BarryD2 wrote: »

Did a bit of work up in that area in the Celtic Tiger years. The Quinn empire was very notable - lots of fingers in different pies etc. What was also notable among some of the local people I talked to then was that the family were both revered and feared. Not feared in a physical sense but in that you could just as easily be fired as hired. One story about a lorry driver who overdid his lunch break and the lorry was spotted by the boss passing by who summarily fired him on the spot. Lot of power invested in a small group of people then.

You don't become a billionaire by being a walkover or doing what unions want you to do.

Indo reporting that there has been over 70 incidents in the last two years and that a Quinn executive rang the Gardai last year to report a death threat he received to and basically got fobbed off. Definite line of enquiry focussing on dissident republicans with connections to the gang being investigated for the spate of ATM robberies up there.

walshb wrote: »

I may have missed, but have Sinn Fein been very quiet on this as regards comment and/or utter condemnation?

So too have Brian D’Arcy, Colm O’Rourke and Mickey Harte.

Breege_M wrote: »

So too have Brian D’Arcy, Colm O’Rourke and Mickey Harte.

Sinn Fein are a big political presence in the border areas. Doesn't seem unreasonable for them to be asked to comment.