The sale of Sean Quinn Jr’s Dublin home in the next four weeks for over €400,000 will finally purge a contempt of court order against him, a judge said yesterday.

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.

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.

The son of ex-billionaire Sean Quinn has appeared in court after he forgot to produce a valid insurance certificate as his family’s empire was put into receivership.

ANOTHER contamination scare has hit Irish households as Environment Minister Dick Roche tried to allay concerns over water pollution.