It was seen in the Cavan-Fermanagh Border area as the last opportunity for former billionaire Seán Quinn to restore his once-famed reputation as a local business chieftain. A belated attempt – eight years into the case – to draw the family patriarch into the arena failed when Mr Justice Garrett Simons refused to allow them pursue claims of undue influence against Seán Quinn snr. The Quinn children were always going to have to put their father centre stage in their case given the pivotal role he played as Anglo careened towards a cliff edge as the financial crisis grew from late 2007. She followed her siblings into the family’s group of businesses. “People have to get on with their lives and have mortgages and bills to pay.”That, now, includes Quinn’s own children.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2019 23:26 UTC