Enterprise Ireland seeks meeting with Quinn administrators to save jobs

ENTERPRISE Ireland is seeking a meeting with the provisional administrators of Quinn Insurance as the focus on avoiding potential job losses at the company intensifies.

It emerged at the weekend that the state agency was asked by the Taoiseach to meet with Quinn representatives; who said up to 5,500 jobs were under threat in the aftermath of the insurance business being put into administration.

While it is understood that no contact was made with the administrators by Enterprise Ireland (EI) yesterday, there were meetings between workers and the provisional new management (Grant Thornton’s Paul McCann and Michael McAteer were appointed provisional administrators, by the High Court, to Quinn Insurance last week), which apparently went well. It is also understood that the administrators would facilitate a meeting with the state agency, if one was requested.