Dublin Jimmy’s remains cremated

The body of Cyril ‘Dublin Jimmy’ McGuinness, the man authorities believe masterminded the abduction and attack on Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) director Kevin Lunney, is believed to have been cremated before his remains were brought back to Ireland.

McGuinness took ill and died last month during a police raid at a house in England on November 8, one of a series of coordinated searches following the abduction and torture of Mr Lunney on September 17.
The opening of the inquest into McGuinness’ death heard how he had suffered a suspected “cardiac event” in the Derbyshire property.
Chesterfield Coroner’s Court was told McGuinness, who “already had a diseased heart”, collapsed after being handcuffed. Police called an ambulance and attempted resuscitation but the 54-year-old Dublin-native, who resided in Teemore, Co Fermanagh, died almost three hours later.
Four people have since been charged in connection with Mr Lunney’s abduction and attack to date.

They are all in custody and are set to appear before Harristown District Court on Friday this week, December 13
Meanwhile, an investigation continues into the near eight-year campaign of intimidation targeting the former Sean Quinn-owned businesses.
Two detectives from outside the division have been deployed here to specifically oversee a probe into the incidents south of the Border, as well as any possible motives.
Meanwhile, QIH bosses have dismissed as little more than a “hoax” a series of emailed extortion demands.
Sent purportedly on behalf of the ‘High Command Council’, the anonymous emails were received by the firm in September-October of this year, after Mr Lunney’s abduction.
The messages demanded payment of Stg£200,000 in crypto currency in order to prevent any further attacks. When the demands were ignored, the initial emails were followed up with threats.
All correspondence was handed over to the authorities.
The sum pales in comparison to the several million euros worth of damage that has been caused since the attacks first started. To that extent, QIH director John McCartin believes it simply “doesn’t stack up”.
“If it has any connection to recent events whatsoever it has been done as a poorly disguised attempt to deflect and cover the tracks of the real paymaster behind the attacks,” said Mr McCartin.
He thinks the threats and demands were “more likely designed” to try and distract from the ongoing “robust” investigation by policing authorities on both sides of the Border.
Separately, QIH bosses have allowed former billionaire Sean Quinn to keep three former company cars but said he will now have to tax and insure the vehicles himself.
Mr Quinn retained the Range Rover, Audi A6 and a 2012 Volkswagen Passat after parting ways with QIH as a paid consultant in 2016. 
The company had overlooked Mr Quinn’s possession of the vehicles but recently moved to regularise the position.