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Quinn Director abducted and assaulted

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Kevin Lunney was abducted from his home last night and badly beaten.

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Danzy

Millionaire only not wrote: »

Can we clear one thing - church of Ireland and Arlene Foster spoke as they know him well so I take it Kevin Lunney is Protestant!
Sean Quinn is catholic ?

How the hell did all that work for 20 years and if I’m right about that no wonder there’s no problem getting takers to sort it out !
The troubles never went away , just stayed out of the media!

What relevance has that.

Your thinking is that Quinn looked at Lunney who may be a Prod, 20 years ago and thought I'll make that Orange bas5677 a millionaire, see how he likes that.

I think not.

It's important though to say it's sectarianism or dissident or ex provies.

Have to point over there.

Millionaire only not

Everyone makes mistakes we wudnt be human if we didn’t!
Sean Quinn made a bad call on Several fronts no doubt mainly because he thought his core business was bulletproof .
Now can anyone explain to me why we’re better off with a stranger running it - (Americans)
He should have been allowed to buy it back over time but they choose to keep him out so the blood is on there hands !

No more than the bull McCabe it’s his field and it’s not about the money anymore

I’ve seen it down here they closed a quarry business in family for generations and left idle just to suit (roadstone -CRH) . Besides letting them trade out of it
Part of the d4 gang I call it !

They don’t care about anything outside of Dublin

CatFromHue

Quinn's debt was different than all the rest, I presume you mean developers here, as it was on shares/cash and not property.

The value of the property may, or has, recovered but the value of the shares hasn't. They're still worth nothing.

As for the insurance, yeah he did shake it up. He undercut everyone else and then delayed paying out claims. By the time the claims had to be paid he'd gone and the blame was put squarely on the shoulders of the new management. As I mentioned earlier Quinn himself got the largest ever fine for how he was operating the insurance company.

celt262

Millionaire only not wrote: »

Do u seriously think a church of Ireland and dup would speak out so boldly only that his one off there own ?

Recalling how Mr Lunney told him of this moment, local priest and family friend Fr Gerry Comiskey, struggled to hold back tears as he told Extra.ie of the moment Mr Lunney nearly lost all hope.

He said: ‘He told me that as twilight was turning into darkness he could see a light from a house and it was only a very short distance away but because of his almost-unconscious state he didn’t think he would make it.

From several news reports today

Millionaire only not

And still no one here’s wants to comment on Kevin Lunney relationship with church of Ireland minister and Arlene Foster presents at the walk and open add mission to knowing him well
Sectarian, power , ego, money there all related .
Let them at it leave the ordinary decent people of Ireland out of it !
Adrian Donoghue would rather be home with his family this evening than lying 6 ft under !

Millionaire only not

celt262 wrote: »

How much do you know about the relationship other than them been at the March? There were political reps from both sides present.

Do u seriously think a church of Ireland and dup would speak out so boldly only that his one off there own ?
Anyway I really couldn’t care less only be responsible for ur own decisions !
Same as Quinn is being responsible for what he started no one else , for Americans to come in - now piss off back to America they own too much of this country as it is !
Why wasn’t Quinn allowed to cut a deal same as all the rest , I’m sure a lot of the hidden assets would have appeared if they played ball .
Wouldn’t blame him one bit with the banks - criminals with collars .

I bet u all the money Quinn had or not had or all the bad decisions he made there’s no one more sorry. He’d settle quiet well for his business in Ballyconnell/ Derrylin today and nothing else !
As for the insurance in fairness he shook it up while he was there , they were the only people to get a responsible quote, getting a settlement might have been different but sur maybe they were right not like what goes on with the rest .
Dishing out settlements far too long for false claims !

Millionaire only not

celt262 wrote: »

How much do you know about the relationship other than them been at the March? There were political reps from both sides present.

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Its hardly surprising the local business people and politicians all know each other.

Derrylin, Kinawley, Lisnaskea, Ballyconnell, Swanlinbar etc is a very small area. Everybody knows everybody.

I wouldn't regard the attack as sectarian from anything Iv heard.

celt262

Millionaire only not wrote: »

And still no one here’s wants to comment on Kevin Lunney relationship with church of Ireland minister and Arlene Foster presents at the walk and open add mission to knowing him well
Sectarian, power , ego, money there all related .
Let them at it leave the ordinary decent people of Ireland out of it !
Adrian Donoghue would rather be home with his family this evening than lying 6 ft under !

How much do you know about the relationship other than them been at the March? There were political reps from both sides present.

Millionaire only not

celt262 wrote: »

One fact for sure is that it wasnt a punishment beating for sectarian reasons.

Yes sorry ur correct -a sectarian type punishment beating by parliamentary for over stepping the mark , ie cutting off donations or after receiving a healthy donation to carry it out !

Millionaire only not

CatFromHue wrote: »

Millionaire do you know what actually happened with Quinn?

The govt didn't take him down, he did.

He bought billions of shares in Anglo on CFDs which obviously went south badly as that bank failed. He had to borrow money to keep the shares, this is how CFDs work, so ended up going broke. No one made him buy billions of shares and even when Anglo found out they met him to tell him how bad it was that one person owned so much of the bank. He then went out and bought more shares in Anglo.

His businesses in the construction sector were doing very well as there was a property boom. When the boom ended these started to struggle.

His insurance company was messing around with claims and also lost a pile of money in the UK. He personally, and the company, was fined the biggest ever fines given out by the regulating body for the messing around he was doing. There was a levy put on every policy in Ireland to cover the financial hole he created.

Oh I all know too well what Quinn has done - we did building for him back in 90’s and he failed to pay last of his bill!
Only for we had the bill in high enough !

My point was he’s old school involved with parliamentary with god knows how long !
He must have had some agreement with Lunney and co. To regain control .
they knew what they were letting themselves in for !
That’s all I was saying , Quinn is ruthless, and they might be just as bad .
But depending on ordinary people to safe them is utterly wrong these people have brought there own destiny on them!

Listening to tripe of were saving jobs ! Rubbish talk , they were there to make themselves millionaires

celt262

Millionaire only not wrote: »

its Just a sectarian punishment beating get over it , common as muck - knee capping did same thing only it was not as time consuming as Lummey was !

One fact for sure is that it wasnt a punishment beating for sectarian reasons.

CatFromHue

Millionaire do you know what actually happened with Quinn?

The govt didn't take him down, he did.

He bought billions of shares in Anglo on CFDs which obviously went south badly as that bank failed. He had to borrow money to keep the shares, this is how CFDs work, so ended up going broke. No one made him buy billions of shares and even when Anglo found out they met him to tell him how bad it was that one person owned so much of the bank. He then went out and bought more shares in Anglo.

His businesses in the construction sector were doing very well as there was a property boom. When the boom ended these started to struggle.

His insurance company was messing around with claims and also lost a pile of money in the UK. He personally, and the company, was fined the biggest ever fines given out by the regulating body for the messing around he was doing. There was a levy put on every policy in Ireland to cover the financial hole he created.

Millionaire only not

celt262 wrote: »

How can you clear something up by making assumptions?

But sure if the people talking here can’t clear it up with there knowledge then we must go on assumptions !
Why can u draw different conclusions from the facts that are before us !

its Just a sectarian punishment beating get over it , common as muck - knee capping did same thing only it was not as time consuming as Lummey was !

If a person took over my business from a vulture fund that I had spent years building up and even worse they were part of it ! Do they not think there was going to be repercussions?
Why were the government intent on taking down Quinn when so many walked away with debt wrote off and back in the driving seat ASAP.
I would believe a certain party benefited nicely from Derrylin Enterprizes!
U can’t feel sorry for these people , they knew what they were getting into - Sean Quinn wasn’t dead just waiting for his time to get control from the greedy banks .
And I know it was his own fault but who knows what **** he was spun to buy Anglo !

celt262

Millionaire only not wrote: »

Can we clear one thing - church of Ireland and Arlene Foster spoke as they know him well so I take it Kevin Lunney is Protestant!
Sean Quinn is catholic ?

How the hell did all that work for 20 years and if I’m right about that no wonder there’s no problem getting takers to sort it out !
The troubles never went away , just stayed out of the media!

How can you clear something up by making assumptions?

Millionaire only not

Muahahaha wrote: »

Also if you listen back to the radio interview Sean Quinn constantly refers to Kevin Lunney as "that man". The two of them worked side by side for over 20 years but if you didnt know better you'd think Quinn has never even met him.

Can we clear one thing - church of Ireland and Arlene Foster spoke as they know him well so I take it Kevin Lunney is Protestant!
Sean Quinn is catholic ?

How the hell did all that work for 20 years and if I’m right about that no wonder there’s no problem getting takers to sort it out !
The troubles never went away , just stayed out of the media!

Muahahaha

Rashers Big Log wrote: »

I thought it was interesting that Seán Quinn issued a statement condemning the attack but most of the text I read in the paper was him voicing concern that his family would be blamed for it. I think a simple condemnation would have been sufficient

Also if you listen back to the radio interview Sean Quinn constantly refers to Kevin Lunney as "that man". The two of them worked side by side for over 20 years but if you didnt know better you'd think Quinn has never even met him.

redarmyblues

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Who is the equivalent of Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy up on the Cavan/Fermanagh border?

There is a clue on the tittle.

JohnnyFlash

Who is the equivalent of Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy up on the Cavan/Fermanagh border?

Rashers Big Log

I thought it was interesting that Seán Quinn issued a statement condemning the attack but most of the text I read in the paper was him voicing concern that his family would be blamed for it. I think a simple condemnation would have been sufficient

Patrick2010

redarmyblues wrote: »

Was Sean Quinn at the protest march, does anybody know?

He wasn’t, he’s waiting until their campaign works

tdf7187

Danzy wrote: »

Their local MP was at the march to support lunney.

That is welcome.

ToBeFrank123

redarmyblues wrote: »

Was Sean Quinn at the protest march, does anybody know?

I didn't hear but it would have sent out a strong message if he did.

Danzy

tdf7187 wrote: »

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

Their local MP was at the march to support lunney.

Effort from the Govt has been quite though, now it is such a big story though Garda HQ might straighten out practices in Cavan.

redarmyblues

Was Sean Quinn at the protest march, does anybody know?

maccored

walshb wrote: »

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

funny - i heard them condemning it on newstalk during the week

Danzy

Muahahaha wrote: »

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.

That Guard wasn't going to entertain it, he'd end up on nights for years to come.

The people behind it will have got some bollicking from friendly senior officers for going psycho like this.

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tdf7187 wrote: »

Alan Dukes saying he and Mike Aynsley received threatening communications when IBRC took over assets of Quinn.

Their was plenty of fur flying when the receivers were in charge, threats, vehicles stolen, equipment damaged etc etc. The whole place had security round it like never before.

It was supposed to calm down when Quinn and the boys got back in charge and I think most of the security has been removed.

tdf7187

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.