Police in the North are being accused of dropping their guard in trying to stop attacks against Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) staff.

Gardaí have made four further arrests in relation to the abduction of Kevin Lunney.

Pressure is mounting on gang members involved in planning and executing the abduction of businessman Kevin Lunney following the arrest of three people suspected of being on the fringes of the crime.

Police believe computers, phones and documentation seized from a “safe house” used by the suspected orchestrator of the abduction of Kevin Lunney could have “significant potential” in unearthing evidence.

There are reports that the main suspect in the the kidnapping and torture of Kevin Lunney has died.

THE savagery of the capture and attack on Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney has been brought home to us in his harrowing account broadcast by the BBC Spotlight programme on Tuesday evening.

DURING the week, two executives of Quinn Industrial Holdings said the border region was “perilously close” to becoming lawless. During the Troubles, the region was pretty lawless, or so it appeared when novelist Colm Toibin met Seán Quinn in 1987.

The threat follows last month's abduction and torture of Quinn director Kevin Lunney, who is still recovering from his injuries.

Gardaí investigating the assault on Kevin Lunnery have announced that they have completed their search today in the Ballinagh area of Cavan.

Quinn staff have offered their 'unequivocal support' for the 'highly respected' executive and his family.

The Taoiseach has branded the abduction and beating of businessman Kevin Lunney as “cowardly and brutal”.

Kevin Lunney, 50, was abducted and “brutally” beaten and dumped 22 miles away before he was rescued by a passerby who called emergency services.

A senior executive in the companies once owned by billionaire Sean Quinn sustained life-changing injuries when he was abducted and beaten by a masked gang, police have said.

A forensic anthropologist has told the Patrick Quirke murder trial that he identified human and animal bones and an animal's tooth found in the tank alongside Bobby Ryan's body.

A 27-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering four people, including a baby, in a fire.

A fourth body, believed to be that of a young child, has been found by police investigating a fire that killed three other people in Co Fermanagh earlier this week.

A fourth victim has been reported dead in a ferocious house fire in Fermanagh, a detective investigating the claim said.

Detectives investigating a fatal road crash have charged a man with manslaughter.

Latest: A 40-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Natasha Carruthers in Fermanagh.

A woman in her 20s has died in a road accident in Co Fermanagh.

A car dealer has been jailed by the High Court a second time for contempt after it found he is continuing to give the Revenue the “runaround” in its efforts to execute a €4.97m judgment obtained nine years ago against him over unpaid taxes.

A 27-year-old man has died following a crash in Fermanagh.

As Seán Quinn emerges debt-free after just three years, Seán McCárthaigh ponders on the future of the entrepreneur whose personal history mirrored the rise and fall of the economy

The former Quinn glass company in Co Fermanagh, which was renamed Encirc, has been sold to Spanish manufacturer Vidrala for almost €409m.

Former billionaire Sean Quinn will exit bankruptcy this Friday having had debts of €2bn wiped off.

Former billionaire Sean Quinn is set to take a consultancy role with the company that has taken over his former manufacturing empire.

A business consortium headed by former Quinn Group executives is set to acquire certain assets of the remaining business.

An arson investigation has started into the latest attack on property once owned by former billionaire Seán Quinn.

There has been another arson attack at a former Quinn plant.

Police in County Fermanagh are investigating a petrol bomb attack on a premises belonging to the former Quinn group in the Derrylin area.

A bus was set on fire outside three business premises which were once part of the Quinn Group.

More than £2m (€2.37m) raised by taxing plastic bags in Northern Ireland is to benefit some 250 eco-friendly community projects, Stormont’s Environment Minister has announced.

An investigation is underway in Co Fermanagh after a truck was driven into a property owned by the former Quinn Group last night and set alight.

Two people have been rescued after an aircraft ditched in county Fermanagh earlier this evening.

Malachy O’Rourke is this week bracing himself for what he believes is the ultimate test for anyone in the business of managing an inter-county Gaelic football team: plotting Donegal’s downfall.

A security alert at the site of Quinn Glass in Co. Fermanagh has been stood down.

A security alert is underway close to Quinn Glass in Co Fermanagh.

The North's electricty supply board has said it is only a matter of time before someone gets "severely injured, or killed", after a spate of attacks on electricity poles at Quinn Group premises in County Fermanagh.

Children and elderly residents near Derrylin in Co Fermanagh have been evacuated from their homes during an ongoing security operation in the area.

The Criminal Assets Bureau will take ownership of a helicopter, a Ferrari, a Range Rover, and a bank account containing over €26,000 from a Roscommon car dealer who faced contempt of court proceedings yesterday.

A wind farm formerly owned by Seán Quinn’s family has been targeted by arsonists in Co Fermanagh.

A wind farm formerly owned by Sean Quinn’s family has been targeted by arsonists in Co Fermanagh.

Further protests over the jailing of Seán Quinn are not being ruled out following a cross-border picket by supporters of the former billionaire businessman on both sides of the border yesterday.

Protesting workers at the Quinn Group have today demanded the release of Sean Quinn while the talks between his family and the former Anglo Irish Bank take place.

Seán Quinn’s family have demanded the financial regulator be brought to task for his handling of Quinn Insurance — and defended the exorbitant price tag on the now infamous family wedding cake.

The tragic loss of rugby ace Nevin Spence was mourned today by a leading figure in gaelic games, whose ranks also lost a young player in an accident only days ago.

The tragic passing of young Fermanagh footballer Brian Óg Maguire has left the GAA community both shocked and saddened.

The GAA community was in mourning last night after senior Fermanagh footballer Brian Óg Maguire died in a shocking workplace accident at a Quinn Group cement and steel factory in his native county.

Fermanagh GAA player Brian Og Maguire has died following an industrial accident at the former Quinn Group premises in the county, the football organisation said.

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man was stabbed at a house in Co Fermanagh.