Quinn to upgrade its entire fleet by the end of 2020


INVESTMENT continues at Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) as the company took delivery of 10 new trucks and a range of heavy mobile plant machinery just before the year end.  Six of the new trucks are bound for Quinn Cement. Two eight wheel rigid tippers will be used across Quinn Quarries and Tarmac divisions. The new […]


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Four men now arrested in relation to Lunney attack


ANOTHER two men have been arrested in relation to the abduction of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney.  As reported earlier, two men, both aged 38, were arrested this morning. They are being detained at Ballymun and Finglas Garda stations. Now, gardai have said they have arrested two more men in relation to the shocking attack. […]


Parish priest claims ‘angry’ Sean Quinn confronted him


THE parish priest of Ballyconnell, Fr Oliver O’Reilly, who in a homily blamed the abduction and attack on Kevin Lunney on a ‘Mafia-style group’ with its own godfather, has responded to Sean Quinn’s first television interview since the attack. Friday night’s interview with Mr Quinn, on Channel 4 on Friday evening heard the former tycoon […]


Balcas strike action averted …but Encirc row heats up


AS Fermanagh’s first private sector strike in over a decade comes to an end, all eyes are turning to Derrylin where factory staff are considering taking to the picket lines.  According to the union Unite, workers in the county have been “electrified” and “galvanised” by the stand taken by staff at Balcas last week, who […]


New Quinn graduate programme launches


Quinn Industrial Holdings Ltd will re-launch its graduate and apprenticeship programme tomorrow night, creating 15 skilled positions. The recruitment event is being held tonight (Thursday) at the Quinn Packaging Plant, Ballyconnell and runs from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.


Quinn ‘peace’ talks take a turn for the worse


AFTER what appeared to be an upturn in the fortunes of Sean Quinn and his family, with the recent ‘return’ of part of his empire in Derrylin/Teemore/Ballyconnell to local ownership, and his role as consultant, things took a dramatic turn for the worse last week.