Tale that began with £100 could end in tears

IT is a rags-to-riches tale that without skilled intervention could yet end in tears for Sean Quinn.

The troubled Quinn Group’s business empire stretches from wind farms in Fermanagh to Turkish shopping malls, along the way encompassing Drumcondra pubs and Cavan cement factories.

The group currently employs in excess of 7,000 people in Ireland, Britain, Europe, Russia and India.