Gardai continue searches in Co Cavan after attack on Kevin Lunney

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Gardai are continuing searches in Co Cavan as part of a cross border probe into the abduction and assault of a businessman.

Kevin Lunney, the chief operating officer at Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) sustained "life-changing" injuries in what the PSNI described as a "most severe and savage" attack.

Mr Lunney, a father of six, was attacked as he arrived at his home in Derrylin, Co Fermanagh, on Tuesday.

He was driven away before being subjected to a beating at an unknown location.

The incident is the latest in a five-year campaign of violence and intimidation directed at the new management that has been running Quinn Industrial Holdings since the fall of Sean Quinn, who was once Ireland's richest man.

The Garda and PSNI are conducting a joint cross-border investigation into the incident.

Garda officers are continuing searches in Co Cavan on Monday as part of this probe.

An area of Drumbade just outside the village of Ballinagh was the focus of the search on Sunday.

A Garda spokesman said no further details can be given at this stage.

Derrylin parish priest Father Gerard Alwill made an appeal across weekend masses for an end to the violence, "before somebody gets killed".