The Quinn Group said today it had only used “long-standing reputable contractors” and that their standing or credibility had never before been in question.
The group issued a statement in response to a number of newspaper articles in the Sunday Times that it said suggested contractors of the Quinn Group were "linked to republican paramilitaries and smugglers are the prime suspects for a series of attacks on the company and the senior management team".
“The articles suggest that recent changes to contracts are the prime motive for the attacks,” the statement said.
“The Quinn Group has only used long standing reputable contractors and never before has their standing or credibility been in question.
“Quinn Group is not aware, and has never been aware, of any of its contractors having links to paramilitary organisations or being involved in subversive activities,” the statement added.
The group said no material changes had been made to third party contracts since the group was taken over in April and that it “categorically refutes any suggestion that contractors of the Quinn Group were facilitated in involvement in criminality or subversive activities”.
It called on “any supposed ‘security sources’” to provide whatever evidence they had to gardaí or the PSNI.