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Attack on Quinn Group operations condemned

A crane being used for work on a new secondary school project in Co Leitrim was damaged, the Quinn Manufacturing Group said.

AN ATTACK ON A crane belonging to the Quinn Manufacturing Group has been condemned by the company.

The attack, which came following recent attacks on electricity poles bringing power to Quinn Group property, was condemned today by the group.

It said that last night there was an arson attack on a heavy crane belonging to the company working on a new secondary school project in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim. The crane was destroyed.

The company said that it believes that little damage appears to have been done to the school structure, but more extensive examination is being undertaken to confirm that.

What is clear, though, is that the people who were working on that project yesterday and were expecting to work there today, have no work to go to today. Thankfully no one was injured in the attack which was carried out with no regard whatsoever to the safety of innocent people.

It continued that in the context of the decline in the construction industry, “these continuing acts of malicious sabotage directed towards the destruction of our local businesses and ultimately local employment, beggars belief”.

Cost to businesses

Quinn Manufacturing Group said the recent attacks alone have cost its businesses in the region of €250,000.

The question needs to be asked – in whose name are these thugs acting and to what purpose? Once again we respectfully encourage local influencers and community leaders to condemn outright all of these outrages and we ask them to encourage people to give whatever help they can to the gardaí and to the PSNI in tracking down the culprits and their sponsors.

The company concluded that “despite these outrageous attacks, our absolute determination is to ensure that these businesses succeed and that jobs in them are secured to the greatest possible extent”.

Gardaí said they are investigating a fire to a mobile crane on a building site in Kildorragh, Ballinamore at 8pm last night. Anyone with information can contact Ballinamore garda station on 071 9644002.

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    Mute Bob MacBob
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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:29 PM

    Whilst I agree that the Quinn group did wonders for the area, it is very difficult to understand how attacking organizations that continue to provide employment in the area makes any sense whatsoever.

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    Mute lulu
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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:38 PM

    I agree Bob, but who is to say that it is Quinn supporters who are doing these acts of sabotage? Surely it isn’t nice for Quinn to see the business that he spent 40 years building being brought to its knees? There are other parties who you could point a finger at. Is it the security company who have a very lucrative deal with the Quinn Group? Is the sabotage being done on behalf of the new management, so that they can divert attention from the way they are running the group? As far as I can remember Quinn has already come out and said he doesn’t condone these attacks.

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    Mute Wayne O Neill
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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:54 PM

    When the Quinn family pay there debts and stop putting on the tax payer and stop hiding there money no support for the likes of them

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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:58 PM

    That’s it Wayne listen to what the government and IBRC tell you about them sure they wouldn’t lie to you.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 3:52 PM

    Oh I know there a bunch of wasters the government But the thing is he’s trying to save his own skin he put all the people jobs at risk by being in the scam with Anglo and the government all he wanted was to be bailed out with all the other robbing sc#m

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    Apr 5th 2013, 4:02 PM

    Nelly, Sean Quinn is the dishonest one. He has admitted in court. You are the one who has been duped by the Quinn spin. Read this, it’s from the BBC so is an outside view.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19063419

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    Mute Barbara Ledwidge
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    Apr 5th 2013, 4:46 PM

    John Mc G, excellent link, thank you, says it all.

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    Mute Dilcos
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    Apr 5th 2013, 1:34 PM

    Are those people doing this angry with the Quinns or protesting against the Newco?

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    Apr 5th 2013, 1:46 PM

    I’d say doing it out of misplaced sympathy for the Quinn family

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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:00 PM

    If you grew up in that region of the country you would see how it’s been ignored by successive governments and only for the Quinn group there would’ve been no employment.thats why people have sympathy for the Quinn’s.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:07 PM

    I can understand why people are supporting the Quinn family ( personally I don’t) but I just don’t see what is achieved by burning a crane

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    Mute Isaac Hunt
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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:10 PM

    Nelly can you explain how they have been ignored. This is a genuine question?

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    Apr 5th 2013, 2:19 PM

    There has been no infrastructure,the IDA has done nothing for the region no major investment in the area.come down to Cavan/Fermanagh region and see for yourself what Quinn has done.dont agree with people burning cranes but what he’s done for the area is more than any government

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    Apr 5th 2013, 3:08 PM

    Nelly- take your head out of the sand. There’s not a household in this country not suffering because of the greed, mismanagement and misadventure of the Quinn Clann. You embarrass yourself defending them.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 3:46 PM

    Have you read what Anglo done or have you just listened to their spin?its a witchhunt.i agree they made bad choices but that was cos of the sh!te Anglo were giving them they didn’t know the bank was in such bad shape.do ya not know what seanie Fitch was at or have you buried your head in the sand on what Anglo done for years they’re the real problem.put all the attention on the Quinn’s and all the sheep will blame them.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 3:48 PM

    You can’t argue against the notion that the government has ignored the northwest/border counties.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 3:51 PM

    Well I know Anglo’s Chairmans name if that’s what you mean. Not sure who Seanie Fitch is. Nobody is saying Anglo isn’t anything but evil. But the Quinns were accomplices not victims. You paint such a naive picture of Sean Quinn. Amazing such a naive man became Ireland’s richest man. Before he ended up in jail, that is.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 3:51 PM

    Peter. I come from Dundalk. And I can.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 4:06 PM

    Did he not look at the accounts before he got into bed with them because if he did a blind man could of told him something was wrong or maybe he he was trying to pull a fast one for such a great business man witch he

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    Apr 5th 2013, 4:42 PM

    Yeah he did but the accounts where fiddled the accounts of a bank are audited on a giving day.that particular day sean fitzpatrick got millions transferred from perminant TSB to pay of loans and have money on deposit to show a healthy balance.and also done that with the loans he had out with Anglo that’s why he was never questioned on the big loans cos the auditors seen them as paid off.when the audit was over he transferred the money back to TSB.read the book Bankers.it shows the crap these guys where up

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    Apr 5th 2013, 4:53 PM

    God love you, Nelly…

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    Mute Peter McGlynn
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    Apr 5th 2013, 4:54 PM

    Then you’re in denial. Adams swept into the Dail from there and many more Sinn Fein and independent politicians got in for a reason in Donegal and other counties. Government has been ignoring the needs there for ages.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 5:00 PM

    Nelly, Sean Quinn did not invest in Anglo, he bet on the share price & lost. This is why he accecpted the loan from Anglo & used it to keep the share price up. He signed for the loan and only cried foul when he had to pay it back. Why did he not shout when he never recived the loan. If I signed for a loan that size but never got it I would of cried blue murder then & there. He did not, guilty as sin.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 5:08 PM

    Pull the other one at the time how many auditors worked for him you invest that money you have your own people go over everything

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    Apr 5th 2013, 5:37 PM

    What do ya mean dilcos?

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    Apr 5th 2013, 5:45 PM

    @ Wayne you could have hundreds of people workin for you but if your givin false info there’s nothing you can do.that particular book was about the bankers nothing to do with Sean Quinn.read it an see what ya think or do you just make up your mind on what your told by the government and IBRC.where are you gettin your info from?

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    Apr 5th 2013, 6:15 PM

    Lots of blame to go around Nelly.
    The Quinn’s deserve a large proportion of it.

    #greed
    #wakeup

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    Apr 5th 2013, 3:50 PM

    I see the Quinn spin is still about , put the hole lot in mount joy next time and let us get on with life

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    Apr 5th 2013, 4:02 PM

    Probably Sean Jnr on the raz again!

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    Apr 5th 2013, 5:35 PM

    Its a mess. There is so much surrounding the Quinn/ bank / Gov relationships. A fully independent investigation WITH A BINDING result seems worth it.

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    Apr 5th 2013, 9:22 PM

    We’re an odd lot in this country, when someone does well, half the country begrudges them ….
    When you bet your life’s work ” on the horses” and lose, half the country thinks you should get it back cos it’s not fair….

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    Apr 6th 2013, 12:03 AM

    Poor Nelly

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