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A festival management company that imported € 10 million worth of Chinese fans for the HSE that were never used sold two high-spec luxury cars for approximately € 325,000 on the same day earlier this year.
Roqu Media International, a sister company to the Roqu Group, sold a 2017 Maserati Gran Turismo and a 2017 Ferrari 488 Spyder to a dealership in Dublin on January 26.
the understands that Roqu CEO Robert Quirke no longer resides in Ireland.
Mr. Quirke did not respond to inquiries as to where he is currently domiciled, or the purpose of the two-car transactions made on behalf of his company.
Roqu first bought the Maserati on March 14, 2020, nine days before the company received € 14.1 million from the HSE for the acquisition of 328 fans from China.
In the end, only 64 devices were delivered, and Roqu returned 3.8 million euros, while the HSE engaged the services of law firm Philip Lee to help it recover some or all of the 10.3 million euros outstanding to through dispute resolution.
Roqu Media International sold the red Maserati to the North Dublin dealer for € 75,000. The car had no outstanding financial refunds due at the time, meaning it had been fully owned. Subsequently, the four-year-old model went on sale for € 100,000.
The retail price of the Ferrari, which was sold to the same dealership, is currently unknown, although sources in the motor industry have suggested that a four-year-old car would be expected to fetch a asking price of approximately € 250,000.
Moreover, Roqu’s newest venture, a health passport smartphone app, has been rebranded for the second time.
Health Passport Ireland, which became Health Passport Europe earlier this year, is now known as Health Passport Worldwide.
Health passports are one of many possible solutions that governments around the world are considering on how to effectively reopen society while maintaining Covid-19 restrictions.
A duplicate website for Health Passport Europe had been created for Health Passport Worldwide, and for a time it worked in conjunction with the other site, although the former now links to the new brand product, as does the Health Passport Ireland site.
Quirke did not respond to a question about why the company was apparently rebranding for the second time.
Since last July, Mr. Quirke had repeatedly lobbied the HSE regarding its interest in a new initiative related to its Covid digital passport, despite outstanding issues stemming from the previous fan transaction.
Last month, Health Passport Europe had been a gold sponsor of the Health Summit, an annual event held in Ireland and which was addressed by the HSE CEO and the Minister of Health. Quirke had also been advertised as addressing the event, but ultimately failed to do so citing “work commitments.”
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