Quinn jailing

Last month Seán Quinn, his son, and a nephew were convicted of contempt of court for not complying with court orders made last year in relation to €500m in assets.

These include a shopping centre in the Ukraine worth €62m.

Mrs Justice Elizabeth Dunne found the Quinns to have been blatantly dishonest and deceitful about the movement of the assets in question. She warned them then that she would not “sit idly by”.