“That is not a state of affairs they would expect to find in a competently run country.”

Riffing on the row over Garth Brooks’ non-concerts in Croke Park that has consumed local media attention, in the Irish Times John McManus has some pertinent points to make about the long-running saga of who controls the former Quinn Group companies – and the accompanying campaign of attacks and intimidation. In recent weeks one consortium, Quinn Business Retention Company, which includes former Quinn Group senior executives, has teamed up with Endless LLP, a UK private equity house, to become the last bidder standing sole …

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