Who thinks Sean Quinn is a great businessman now?

Nowhere did I say it was a public road. The gates are at the entries to the quarry above swanlinbar and a cement plant at Ballyconnell. the Council maintained roads cross it at several points and have the right of way .

Got insured with Quinn direct when I was 20 on my first policy. Think I saved e800 with them over the next cheapest. Most crowds didn't want to know at all.

There's a reason why they were undercutting. Quinn Direct was a ponzi scheme. It was only a matter of time before it failed regardless of financial crashes etc. If regulation existed and proper penalties were applied to white collar crime seanie would have been given a hefty sentence.

We can argue that the 4 billion the quinns owe is miniscule compared to the 250 billion but for one man to inflict that on ordinary people and not face reasonable sanctions is wrong. Only in Ireland.

We're not all as thick as those inhabiting Quinn country.

In effect you paid them €800 for a piece of paper which was largely worthless. Some bargain.

Or as rich.😉

So he's going with that old trope, "it was the government's fault". Fcuk sake, this boll0x should be locked up for ever. Same line used for everything nowadays, no personal responsibility whatsoever.

It's exhausting, there's a lot of people in this country that need a real shake.

Jaysus. Why would any multi national go up there with bullets being sent in the post and houses being burnt down. Nutcases.

Multi nationals invest in places like that all the time, its where lots of money can be made, cheap, whether its Venezuela or Nigeria or Mexico or China or what not.

Ballyconnell is hardly Medellín.

The locals would have you believe different.

Same as the swathes of people who naively overborrowed during those times to fund their mortgages, cars and holidays. All in the name of keeping up with the Joneses. The government or the banks can't be fully blamed for that either as some with like to do. Ultimately, a decent proportion of borrowers took leave of their senses and as a nation we paid the price and had to bail them out. What the banks did at the time was reprehensible but individual borrowers could have insulated themselves from that with financial prudence.

Quinn did the same, but on a grand scale. I've only watched the first 2 episodes and will catch up on the third tomorrow night. It's a well made documentary. The background is important, he did well for a long time and built a great business. But he got greedy and pissed it all away with risky gambles on Anglo. And instead of admitting his mistakes, he doubled down, and started down a path of hiding assets, illegally taking money out of the insurance companies reserves to cover his losses and he never entertained relinquishing his control on the company. He made some huge mistakes and didn't have the humility to take responsibility for them. I can't see how anyone could defend him, his hubris is off the scale. Being a successful businessman doesn't make you immune to failure or above the regulations, Seán seemed to think otherwise. He played the game of capitalism and won for many years, but he eventually lost and couldn't take it. If you live by the sword you must die by it.

Looking forward to episode 3......

Disproportionate amount of odious, brainwashed and backwards scum in that "community."

Yeh Sean. I bet you knew Dublin Jimmy.

Nah. Its when they thought they had a deal done for the hotel and it was taken off the table. Lol.