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.

The youngest daughter of bankrupt billionaire Seán Quinn has settled an action for unfair dismissal against the insurance company once owned by the family.

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.

The son of former billionaire Seán Quinn has taken a case for unfair dismissal against Quinn Insurance after claiming he was forced to accept redundancy from his €75,000 job as a senior executive in the group.

A nephew of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has written to the Commercial Court in a bid to stop proceedings against him by IBRC, the former Anglo Irish bank.

The son of bankrupt billionaire Seán Quinn was removed from a train for being drunk and abusive.

The son of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has provided statements of Russian bank accounts held by himself and other family members to the IBRC and is anxious to finally purge his contempt of court orders, the High Court heard yesterday.

The family of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has claimed the insolvency of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation means the courts must urgently lift orders freezing their accounts below €50m each and preventing them transferring assets in their international property group.

Businessman Paul Begley will be freed from jail in less than seven months after his record six-year sentence over a €1.6m garlic import duty scam was cut.

An alternative financial proposal relating to Sean Quinn Jr, who has said he wants to purge his contempt, may be put forward, the High Court heard yesterday.

A Dubai-based firm has lost its application for a stay on legal proceedings against it arising out of its acquisition of property from companies controlled by the Quinn family.

Seán Quinn said he would apologise to the Irish public if his children lose their court case.

Bankrupt former tycoon Seán Quinn has expressed fears of being sent back to jail.

Seán Quinn Jr, the son of jailed businessman Seán Quinn, is prepared to sell the home he shares with his wife in a bid to purge his contempt of court, the High Court heard yesterday.

Further protests over the jailing of Seán Quinn are not being ruled out following a cross-border picket by supporters of the former billionaire businessman on both sides of the border yesterday.

A broken man, beaten and weathered, he sat down to a last supper and a final pint with his dutiful son.

The family of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn are at their “wits’ end” dealing with the former Anglo Irish Bank, the Commercial Court heard.

“Judas” and “Fair play to you, Seán” were the contrasting cries to greet Seán Quinn as he emerged from the Four Courts yesterday.

Evidence uncovered in recent months shows that Seán Quinn Jr exercised day-to-day control over a group of companies with major property interests in eastern Europe, right up until his jailing for contempt on Jul 20 last.

Seán Quinn Jr walked free from the Four Courts yesterday as the High Court heard bankrupt billionaire Seán Quinn Sr wants to co-operate with the former Anglo Irish Bank and purge his contempt.

The Quinn family have been continually dishonest in their dealings with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and “lined their pockets” throughout the process, the bank’s chief executive, has claimed.

The wife and children of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn will begin their marathon legal battle against the former Anglo Irish Bank in April next year.

Russian employment contracts for members of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn’s family provided for €7.5m payments if they were injured or there was an assassination attempt on them while on “official duties” for the companies, it has emerged.

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 former Anglo Irish Bank has told the Supreme Court it does not accept claims by the family of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn that more than €430m assets in their international property group are gone and cannot be recovered by the bank.

Seán Quinn’s family had employment contracts with Russian companies providing for multimillion termination payouts, including €26m for his nephew, Peter Darragh Quinn, and almost €15m for his son, Seán Jr, it has been claimed.

Seán Quinn Jr is to be allowed out of jail to attend his Supreme Court appeal next Tuesday and Wednesday against imprisonment for contempt of court orders.

Seán Quinn Jr forgot to produce a motor insurance certificate to gardaí at a time when his family’s business was going bust, a court heard.

Another High Court judge dealing with an application in the Seán Quinn bankruptcy saga has issued another warning on the risks associated with contempt.

Lawyers for the Quinn family have applied to stop representing them in their ongoing legal battle with the IBRC.

A daughter of Seán Quinn has said if her family could rectify its finances and free her brother from prison, they would do it immediately.

Despite his nephew being in prison and his own son being a fugitive from justice here, Peter Quinn has said the next generation of his family will “be back in business and will succeed”.

The Quinn family has been made scapegoats of the financial crisis surrounding the former Anglo Irish bank, Peter Quinn has claimed.

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The Quinns of Cavan/Fermanagh may not like the comparisons drawn between themselves and the fictional Ewings of Dallas.

The nephew of bankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn will not be returning to the Republic of Ireland, his father has revealed.

Seán Quinn and his family have been granted over €30,000 in monthly living expenses, including over €5,000 for jailed Seán Quinn Jr and €2,895 for his wife, Karen Woods.

Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly has publicly offered his support to bankrupt tycoon Seán Quinn who owes €2.8bn to the state-owned Anglo Irish Bank.

Seán Quinn’s contention, and at this point it is as valuable as any self-serving fantasy, that because the loans he accepted from Anglo Irish Bank may be tainted with illegality that he is not obliged to repay the billions borrowed is as delusional as it is contemptible.

Thousands of supporters of the Quinn family, including Tyrone manager Mickey Harte, former Meath manager Seán Boylan and Father Brian D’Arcy, attended a rally in Co Cavan yesterday.

If you had arrived direct from Mars, a radio interview yesterday with Sean Quinn Sr and his daughter Colette-Marie would have melted your heart, says Michael Clifford

The costs of home, motor and commercial insurance are expected to carry extra levies for 15 more years as a result of the collapse of the Quinn empire.

It’s just got hotter in the kitchen for Sean Quinn Jr.

Seán Quinn and his family devised the largest and most devious scheme the Commercial Court has ever seen to put multimillion-euro assets beyond the reach of the former Anglo Irish Bank, a judge has said.