Bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn told a High Court judge he was “a simple farmer’s son”.

Bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn yesterday told the High Court he was “a simple farmer’s son”.

ANGLO IRISH BANK is to seek court orders requiring the wife and children of businessman Sean Quinn to provide security for the costs of the potential “mammoth” discovery of bank documents in the family’s action arguing they have no liability for repayment of €2.3 billion loans made to various Quinn companies.

BUSINESSMAN Sean Quinn has been joined as a third party by his wife and children to the court action in which they allege €2.34 billion loans by Anglo Irish Bank to various Quinn companies are unenforceable because they were issued for the “illegal objective” of supporting the bank’s share price.