Why, despite all the antagonism, bitterness, and vitriol, did the Quinn family opt, mid-trial, to jettison their eight-year legal battle against Anglo Irish Bank, an institution they maintained had unlawfully cheated them of their birthright? It is not a rhetorical question. Instead, the answer sheds a deeper light on the decision of members of the Quinn family to successfully petition Google to have dozens of articles about their past effectively culled from the internet. In the world according to the family of Seán Quinn, they settled their litigation so they could move on with their lives after years of courtroom…

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