Who thinks Sean Quinn is a great businessman now?

BOI in Cavan apparently

LOL

No evidence to prove otherwise unfortunately

“Surrounded by yes men”?

The man is/was a total control freak. He said himself on the documentary that he should have looked for advice but hindsight is fantastic for him now. He listened to nobody but himself, nobody is to blame for any decision that scumbag made only the man himself.

You mustn’t have very high standards as to what you think makes a good businessman. He went bust and should be in jail having blown billions. I’d say you’re not much of a businessman if he’s what you admire.

The word fool works too

I find it bizarre how his admirers and supporters describe him as a self-made, successful businessman - yet when it comes to his mistakes/failures such as with Quinn Insurance or Anglo, it's the fault of others - bankers, government, regulators, pick a card...

Seems the real victim in all of this is The Paymaster, who is not Sean Quinn and has no connection with him. Fair play to Sean Quinn for speaking up for this innocence defenseless person, The Paymaster, who is not Sean Quinn and whose Sean Quinn condemns. Sean Not the Paymaster Quinn must be a very kind man to speak up for someone who he has no connection with and doesn't know and whose activities he does not even support.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/priest-who-condemned-paymaster-behind-kevin-lunney-abduction-says-sean-quinn-gave-him-rollicking-42194649.html

This was a great watch, I think he came off worse than he intended. This country was full of crooks like him and still is maybe to a lesser extent. He was just greedy and got caught out. Now, lets do Denis O'Brien next please.

If this had happened in the USA, Quinn would have been wiped out financially as would all those who were left vulnerable through their connections with him. No one in the USA would be paying a 2% levy on their insurance policies. It’s Darwinian in its ruthlessness. But, it’s not the world’s biggest economy for nothing.

The Quinn saga typifies the vulnerability of being a tiny economy where some can become too big to fail. The state can be held to ransom.

We in Ireland have a history of privatising profits and socialising losses. (You may recall someone in the beef industry whom we bailed out twice and is now letting the former BofI head office to the HSE for top dollar, having bought it from NAMA.)

The parallels between Quinn and Musk are interesting. Hugely astute and successful in one area, they then remortgaged the farm to take on areas they probably shouldn’t have touched. Hubris.

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He took ‘the word’ of a couple of bank people. If you’re such a great fella, as you say he is, you don’t take the word of anyone when it comes to blowing billions. The man is a moron. The fact you admire him says everything I need to know about you.