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Quinn: Insightful narrative on the rise and downfall of Seán Quinn makes for a compelling read
Journalist Trevor Birney has a novelist’s eye for details as he traces the businessman’s journey from riches to bankruptcy in this authoritative biography
Seán Quinn apparently regrets taking part in Trevor Birney’s three-part RTÉ One documentary about his spectacular rise and fall. “I’m not going to fall out with anyone over it,” he declared after the programme was broadcast last month. “But it’s not what I signed up to.”
Here’s some small comfort for Quinn: he might like Birney’s accompanying biography a little better. If nothing else, it shows the advantage of print over screen, with 305 impressively ...