Don of Derrylin plays to supporters with mix of defiance and victimhood

Amid warnings by his supporters of “civil unrest” if he was jailed, Seán Quinn is today settling into a nine-week spell behind bars after the High Court ruled his contempt of court orders warranted a jail term.

It’s uncertain whether massed legions of Cavan and Fermanagh folk will descend on Mountjoy Prison over the next few weeks to try and liberate the Don of Derrylin, otherwise known as prisoner #82809.

What is clearer is that despite his consistent demeanour — a strange but calculated blend of defiance and victimhood — the blemish of a jail record will hurt the proud Northerner.