His family were the barons of the boom but now Seán Quinn Jr is to sell his home in a bid to purge contempt of court orders after a judge yesterday rejected his alternative offer of a $75,000 (€56,000) payment.

Seán Quinn Jr’s father-in-law has offered to put up €75,000 towards purging his contempt of court orders restraining stripping of assets from the Quinn family’s international property group, the High Court has heard.