The son of bankrupt-billionaire Sean Quinn is facing a return to prison after losing an appeal against his imprisonment and conviction for contempt of court in an asset-stripping plot.

Seán Quinn Jnr will find out today whether he has to stay in prison or he is to be freed.

Lawyers for IBRC have told the Supreme Court they have 30 strands of circumstantial evidence to back their claim that Sean Quinn Junior breached a court order by facilitating a half a million dollar payment to a Ukranian employee.

A secret recording of a meeting in Ukraine attended by Seán Quinn Jr, his cousin Peter, and some Ukranians, showed a “torrid row” about money, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.

The Irish Bank Resolution Corporation claims that had material regarding huge payouts to the Quinn family been before the High Court earlier this year in a hearing to determine if family members breached court orders over asset stripping, it would have had an important influence on the court.