Irish government were 'caught in the headlights' and tried to 'bury him' - Quinn

“Dead men don’t talk” said Sean Quinn as he gave his views that the Irish government knew of his illegal 2.3bn loan and tried to silence him.

Sean Quinn alleged that the government led a vendetta against him in the final instalment of the Quinn Country documentary in order to protect themselves.

“They knew at the time that those loans were illegal. But everyone allowed this €2.3bn to be loaned illegally,” he alleged. “So, where do the Irish government of anybody sit in all of this?

“We – the government – we regulate the banks, but we allowed this guy to do this. So I think they were caught in the headlights.

“Well, the only thing we can do with him now is kill him off – take all off him and dead men don’t talk. And he won’t talk because he’ll be gone and he’ll have no money to fight us – we’ll send him all the bills and throw a tax bill, and throw the kitchen sink at him for the next two or three years and we’ll bury him. And they came close to it.

The three part documentary made by Enniskillen man Trevor Birney also featured the subsequent turmoil and attacks that erupted around his businesses and the border.

Quinn insisted he had nothing to do with the attacks on his former businesses or those tasked with running them. He accepted that “maybe” they had because he was angry over it.

Alan Dukes, who was put on the board of the directors which took over the running of the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank, said the border community's anger was misdirected as it was Sean Quinn who "nearly ruined their livelihoods".

Dukes also claimed that people on the border "will more easily turn to it [violence] than anybody else will.

"And I'm not saying they're any different to any of the rest of us, but whether it's they have Provo links or B Special links or whatever, it's something that's nearer to the way they think than it would be for somebody from South Tipperary or anywhere else."

Of the specific the kidnapping and torture of Kevin Lunney Sean Quinn further insisted he had "absolutely nothing" to do with it. He said he knew who the gang leader Cyril McGuinness, AKA Dublin Jimmy, was but never spoke to him.

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