Former GAA President Sean Kelly has praised the thousands of people who turned out in support of the Quinn family in Co. Cavan last night.

Around 5,000 people took to the streets of Ballyconnell in Co. Cavan last night, to show their support for the bankrupt businessman, Sean Quinn and his family.

Around 5000 people are staging a rally in Ballyconnell in Co Cavan this evening in support of the Quinn family.

Former tycoon Sean Quinn has denied his gamble on shares in the former Anglo Irish Bank collapsed the rogue lender and Ireland’s banking system.

A sportsman, a numbers man, now a wanted man.

Businessman Sean Quinn himself caused the destruction of the Quinn family companies and wealth as a result of investing in Anglo Irish Bank shares on the stock market which later fell in price, it was claimed in the High Court yesterday.

MEMBERS of Sean Quinn’s family were yesterday restrained from making changes to their international businesses — worth an estimated €500 million — until September 9.

BUSINESSMAN Sean Quinn and his family may challenge the jurisdiction of the courts to hear proceedings by Anglo Irish Bank aimed at preventing the family transferring assets, over which the bank holds security, from Swedish companies which hold the family’s properties in several countries.

BEEF OR SALMON thundered back into Cheltenham Gold Cup contention when storming away with the Grade One Lexus Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.