FrancieBrady wrote: » Is he confirmed to be the deceased?
celt262 wrote: » With the bit of information released with age and number of convictions its looking like its him alright. But no not confirmed.
NIMAN wrote: » I think most people would say "good riddance", as callous as that sounds. Shame he wasn't spending 25 yrs in prison though.
MyPeopleDrankTheSoup wrote: » it's crazy the information known to the locals and then everybody else not having a clue. when everyone was saying a paymaster, a lot of people including me were assuming it was sean quinn himself, until i read in this thread that it wasn't. serious defamation on sean quinn in fairness
blackwhite wrote: » All the reports are saying that McGuinness was hired by a "paymaster" - no indication still as to who that person is or is not.
jh79 wrote: » The main suspect has died during the police raids according to the Irish Times
Patrick2010 wrote: » McGuinness was doing it to get Sean Quinn back in charge. He wasn’t going to profit, only Quinn would so unless McGuinness is some altruist you would have to assume he was working for Quinn. Interesting if they trace a contact between the two of them.
celt262 wrote: » You would be hoping that there is something in that safe house to link the paymaster to Jimmy.
The alleged mastermind of the brutal abduction and torture of businessman Kevin Lunney died of a heart attack when English police raided his “safe house” in the UK in a series of searches by three police forces this morning.
NIMAN wrote: » Another thing about the case, Michael McDowell said on radio the other day that the anti-QIH director posters on lamp posts have been there for months and haven't been taken down as council workers have been warned. Can the police not take them down?
FrancieBrady wrote: » People jumping to conclusions on boards/social media? Never!
martyoo wrote: » He got some surprise!
NIMAN wrote: » Can the police not take them down?
FrancieBrady wrote: » They are gone. Drove past where they were the other day.
DFGrange wrote: » If you accept that as the norm then let's speculate a bit. How did a guy with a cement truck become a paper billionaire within 20 years in an area known to be controlled by the IRA? SQ snr is a shrewd negotiator without a doubt but there are limits to his style if you've ever met him. He's a Cavan/Fermanagh kind of guy. Apart from that you'd think Lagan would have bought him out or undercut him long before he got a foothold in the market. Maybe he was just lucky ..like his €5 card games.