Case involving Sean Quinn children delayed after appointed judge agrees not to hear case

The hearing of the marathon action between Sean Quinn’s five children and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation concerning loans of €2.34 billion has been delayed for a week after the High Court judge allocated to hear the case agreed not to do so.

Bernard Dunleavy SC, for the Quinns, told Mr Justice Michael Twomey his side were objecting to the judge hearing the case, which was due to open next Tuesday, in light of his knowing socially one of the witnesses, a former official with Anglo Irish Bank, IBRC’s predecessor in title.