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| Kevin Lunney: Quinn Industrial Holdings director abducted and beaten | Kevin Lunney: Quinn Industrial Holdings director abducted and beaten |
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| A prominent businessman has been abducted in County Fermanagh before being beaten and left at the side of a road in the Republic of Ireland. | A prominent businessman has been abducted in County Fermanagh before being beaten and left at the side of a road in the Republic of Ireland. |
| Kevin Lunney, 50, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, was driving from work to his home in Kinawley when he was attacked at 18:40 BST on Tuesday. | Kevin Lunney, 50, a director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, was driving from work to his home in Kinawley when he was attacked at 18:40 BST on Tuesday. |
| He was found about 22 miles (35km) away in Cornafean in County Cavan at about 21:00 and was taken to hospital. | He was found about 22 miles (35km) away in Cornafean in County Cavan at about 21:00 and was taken to hospital. |
| Detectives on both sides of the Irish border are investigating the attack. | Detectives on both sides of the Irish border are investigating the attack. |
| Quinn Industrial Holdings said Mr Lunney was "badly beaten" and suffered a broken leg and "other very severe but non-life-threatening injuries". | Quinn Industrial Holdings said Mr Lunney was "badly beaten" and suffered a broken leg and "other very severe but non-life-threatening injuries". |
| The firm said his car and another vehicle were found on fire near the Lunney family's home after he was attacked. | The firm said his car and another vehicle were found on fire near the Lunney family's home after he was attacked. |
| 'Outrageous attack' | 'Outrageous attack' |
| Last year posters marked "wanted" and branding Mr Lunney and other Quinn Industrial Holdings directors as "traitors" appeared in Derrylin, County Fermanagh, where the company is based. | |
| In February Mr Lunney's nose was broken in an alleged attack at a service station in County Cavan. | |
| Adrian Barden, the chairman of Quinn Industrial Holdings, said the "brutal" incident was the latest in a series of attacks targeting senior staff in the company. | Adrian Barden, the chairman of Quinn Industrial Holdings, said the "brutal" incident was the latest in a series of attacks targeting senior staff in the company. |
| Last year, a car belonging to the company's chief finance officer was set on fire outside his home as his young family slept. | Last year, a car belonging to the company's chief finance officer was set on fire outside his home as his young family slept. |
| "Kevin Lunney's abduction and assault is an outrageous attack on a hard-working father of six children but also on his 830 colleagues at Quinn Industrial Holdings and the wider community in the Cavan-Fermanagh region," added Mr Barden. | "Kevin Lunney's abduction and assault is an outrageous attack on a hard-working father of six children but also on his 830 colleagues at Quinn Industrial Holdings and the wider community in the Cavan-Fermanagh region," added Mr Barden. |
| "For several hours last evening Kevin's wife, family and very many friends were left to contemplate the worst." | "For several hours last evening Kevin's wife, family and very many friends were left to contemplate the worst." |
| Mr Barden called on police forces on both sides of the border to "act quickly and decisively to prevent an inevitable loss of life" by "bringing those responsible to justice". | Mr Barden called on police forces on both sides of the border to "act quickly and decisively to prevent an inevitable loss of life" by "bringing those responsible to justice". |
| The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster, a Northern Ireland Assembly member for the area in which Mr Lunney lives and works, said the incident was "totally abhorrent". | |
| Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew, the MP for the area, said the attack had caused "widespread disgust" in County Fermanagh. | |
| "This is not just a horrific assault on Kevin and his family, but on jobs and stability in Fermanagh," she added. | |
| Mr Lunney joined the Quinn business in 1995, working in its then-newly-established insurance division. | |
| He later became responsible for other parts of the business, including its property portfolio. | |
| The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it wanted information about what it described as a "horrific attack". | The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it wanted information about what it described as a "horrific attack". |
| It said Mr Lunney was found at a roadside by nearby residents. | It said Mr Lunney was found at a roadside by nearby residents. |
| PSNI Det Insp Trevor Stevenson added: "This was a horrific attack and we are liaising with our colleagues at An Garda Síochána (Irish police force)." | PSNI Det Insp Trevor Stevenson added: "This was a horrific attack and we are liaising with our colleagues at An Garda Síochána (Irish police force)." |
| He appealed for anyone who saw a black Audi saloon being driven in Derrylin or Swanlinbar in County Cavan to contact detectives. | He appealed for anyone who saw a black Audi saloon being driven in Derrylin or Swanlinbar in County Cavan to contact detectives. |
| Business empire | Business empire |
| The companies comprising Quinn Industrial Holdings were formerly owned by the County Fermanagh businessman Sean Quinn, who was once Ireland's richest man. | |
| His business empire included insurance, property development and the manufacture and supply of building products, glass and plastics. | His business empire included insurance, property development and the manufacture and supply of building products, glass and plastics. |
| It collapsed in 2012 after he made a disastrous investment in Anglo Irish Bank. | It collapsed in 2012 after he made a disastrous investment in Anglo Irish Bank. |
| A group of businessmen backed by three investment funds bought the manufacturing businesses in December 2014 - the firms are run by former close associates of Mr Quinn. | A group of businessmen backed by three investment funds bought the manufacturing businesses in December 2014 - the firms are run by former close associates of Mr Quinn. |
| After he was discharged from bankruptcy, Mr Quinn was employed as a consultant at his former company, but he left the role in 2016 amid tension between him and the management team. | After he was discharged from bankruptcy, Mr Quinn was employed as a consultant at his former company, but he left the role in 2016 amid tension between him and the management team. |
| It was reported at the time that he left by mutual agreement with the owners. | It was reported at the time that he left by mutual agreement with the owners. |
| Mr Quinn later said he had been forced out and that his family had been "stabbed in the back" by their former company. | Mr Quinn later said he had been forced out and that his family had been "stabbed in the back" by their former company. |
| But he has repeatedly condemned attacks on property belonging to the owners of his former businesses. | |
| Last year, he said: "The people that are doing this and carrying out these criminal acts - they're not doing it in the best interest of the Quinn family, me or my family." | Last year, he said: "The people that are doing this and carrying out these criminal acts - they're not doing it in the best interest of the Quinn family, me or my family." |
| In March a court heard that other people who are unhappy Mr Quinn is no longer in charge of the firms he established were behind a campaign targeting Quinn Industrial Holdings executives. |