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Arrest warrant still in place for Peter Darragh Quinn

Meanwhile, Seán Quinn Jr spent last night in prison – the first of his 90-day sentence.

File image of Peter Daragh Quinn
File image of Peter Daragh Quinn
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A WARRANT FOR the arrest of Peter Darragh Quinn, the nephew of Ireland’s former richest man Seán Quinn, remains in place this morning, Gardaí have confirmed.

The whereabouts of the 34-year-old remains unknown.

The arrest warrant was issued yesterday by Justice Elizabeth Dunne after he failed to appear at the High Court, where he was jailed for three months for contempt of court.

Peter Darragh, along with his cousin Seán Quinn Jr, was sentenced for failing to comply with court orders telling them to cease an asset-stripping programme at the family property group. The pair were described in court as evasive with Judge Dunne ordering them to reverse the steps they had taken to put assets out of reach of the Irish Bank Resolution Company (IBRC), formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank.

According to reports from the courts, lawyers for IBRC said the three men seemed to be willing to go to jail for a short time in order to hang onto €500 million in assets. Seán Junior was taken to Mountjoy Prison yesterday to start his 90-day term.

Peter Darragh did not turn up for the hearing, telling his solicitor that he was unwell. The Irish Examiner reports that the former Fermanagh footballer swore an affidavit to his lawyer at 3am on Friday, before his planned court appearance.

Gardaí have sent descriptions of the businessman to officers on duty at ports and have asked international partners, such as Interpol, for assistance. They are also investigating reports that he has crossed the border to his usual place of residence in Fermanagh.

U.TV reports that he has been out of contact since 10.40am Friday.

Seán Quinn Senior is expected to launch a Supreme Court challenge early next week in an attempt to overturn yesterday’s sensational ruling. He has three months to comply with the court orders to reverse the asset-stripping scheme.

Yesterday: Seán Quinn’s son and nephew jailed for three months>

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Comments (51 Comments)

  • Peter 21/07/12 #

    He’s left the country

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    • Nice try Peter but you should have changed your username before trying to throw us off the trail.

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    • Peter 21/07/12 #

      Ha ha :-) I’m in the Ukraine folks lol

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    • Love it Conor.

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    • Who has actually cost this State more, Peter Quinn or the well paid Regulator who let Anglo do all that it did and who is now enjoying a considerable pension courtesy of the State he had a significant degree of culpability for putting into insolvency? What the Quinn’s did is disgraceful and their name is ruined in this country, but in comparison to many others who did greater damage that not only evade any accountability but also continue to receive large payments from the state, there is an unacceptable degree of inconsistency at play here.

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    • Peter Quinn was a pawn for his Uncle, who he undoubtedly grew up with tremendous admiration for and misguidedly believe was right to commit fraud and perjury for, SQ wasn’t in Kiev trying to line up Russian Straw Men, clearly Peter Quinn (in not having any direct claims on the former fortune) would have been better served removing himself from the fraud and getting on with his own life away from his fraudulent Uncle, he happened to say the most damaging things on the Video but was clearly only reflecting the attitude of his uncle. His best interests would be served by coming clean 100% distancing himself from his uncle and getting on with his life, hopefully he might still see this and is not going to do anything to make his position far worse. Look at Nick Leeson the only way to get over this is come clean, pay the penalty and move on.

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    • Just to clarify in saying that Peter Quinn (in not having any direct claims on the former fortune) ought not to have engaged in Fraud I am not saying that he he a direct claim he should have but that he had nothing much to gain ( probably plenty of promises but it wasn’t his fortune he was engaging in fraud to protect) and clearly as a relatively young man with an assumed degree of intelligence should have seen through the nonsense of the uncle and removed himself and his reputation from it.

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    • Should be an arrest warrant out for Berie Ahern, Brian Cowen and all the other corrupt f**kers in this country

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    • Oops forgot my t should be Bertie, damn spell checkers not working

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  • I’d say he’s legged it out of the country, surely if he was genuinely sick that would be easy to find out?

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  • Call Batman

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  • Here, found anothet completly possible way to raise revenue. Africa has big game licence options that mega money folks pay for to hunt lions, elephants etc…
    We need to start selling banker game licences! Its win – win. No investigations, money generated and the bankers get………what they fully deserve :)

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  • Nigel, the min for health had a judgement raised against – he was not in contempt of court. Totally different.

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  • Not just a shit but a cowardly shit to boot.

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    • Good on Elizabeth dunne the judge I hope a few more judges and politicians take note its time to take on the banking and speculator classes and recover the debts they owe us or lock them up

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    • You ever been infront of Judge Dunne Katie?
      You will find that the Irish legal system is merely looking for a scapegoat.
      Why is Fitzpatrick not in the dock.
      Just to mention one top crook.
      Can’t blame Peter Quinn for his decision.

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  • It’s up to him to try recoup some money otherwise he’ll be put away with them. It’s about incentives. They’ll not be able to move many assets back if they’re all in jail.

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  • Peter Quinn lives in Fermanagh. They’ve checked everywhere in the Republic but they can’t get the PSNI to actually check the house he lives in until a European arrest warrant has been issued. He’s probably in his bed!

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  • Hold on a second. Why isn’t Sean Quinn Senior in jail for 3 months too for contempt of court?

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    • Nope. He has been given 90 days to co-operate more with IBRC in order to get as much cash out of this gross thief. If IBRC advise that he did not co-operate enough, he’ll most likely see prison.

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  • It’s easy to jail some business people. I won’t be happy until Seanie Fitz, Bertie, Harney and Biffo join them. To me it stinks that the business people who create jobs are left carrying the can.

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    • Jail Bertie and boffo why exactly ??

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    • Throwing Brian Cowen and Mary Harney into the same bag as the others is just wrong. If being bad at your job was a criminal offense, then a lot of people – some of whom may even be commenting on this article – deserve jail time.

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    • If anyone is naive enough to believe that Bertie won tens of thousands on the horses then you are complicit in his crimes. Yes Crimes. Total lack of policing of the financial and building sector in this country led to severe trouble for the average people of this country. Now you can say that they were just “poor” at their jobs, I say it appears that they were corrupt and received payments from third parties while being paid handsomely to work “for the people”. That is why I would like to see them in jail but only after a fair trial and due process. Some chance of that however.

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  • Not defending the Quinns, but lawyers for IRBC or Anglo as it’s roguishly known seem to be calling the judicial shots being able to choose who is sent down and who stayed out. Sounds like a lot of influence for a bank that ruined this entire country with the help of FF.

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    • It is rather Strang that the people that directly helped destroy the economy are swanning about free while people who created thousand s of much needed jobs are being hounded…political witch hunt me thinks

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    • Reg 21/07/12 #

      Political witch hunt, what a load of nonsense. So it’s jobs at any cost is it? Whilst others also have questions to answer, Quinn got greedy and lost a huge gamble, it’s pretty simple really.

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  • Two little dickie birds sitting on the wall, one named Peter, one named Sean. Fly away Peter, Fly away Sean come back Peter, come back Sean, oh wait that should be NO come back Peter cos he’s doin a Drumm-er

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  • Nigel 21/07/12 #

    Can anyone explain why there was no arrest warrant issued for the minister of health? He was in contempt of court or am I missing something?

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  • Call in the Daug!

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  • CeeBee 21/07/12 #

    And more tax payers money spent finding him and likely chauffeuring him around prisons…

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  • Nigel 21/07/12 #

    Thanks D.Moylan for clearing that up, as I wasn’t quite sure of the legal quotes. I think it’s a shame that our country feel the way it did. But on the bright side, Summer has arrived ☀☀

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  • I would pay to watch that episode watch the dog lecture him on the error of his ways hilarious

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  • Far too much is made of the fact that the Quinns owe €2 bn plus to the tax payer. In fairness to them when Sean Quinn made his fatal investments in Anglo the bank was not in state ownership. After all if it wasn’t for the conduct of the likes of Sean Fitzpatrick and others we would not be in the mess that we are now in and the Quinns debt would have been a debt to the bank and not the tax payer. It’s unfortunate for these investors (or even gamblers if you prefer) that the full force of the State is now on their backs. Until the likes of Fitzpatrick, Drumm and Fingleton etc. are behind bars any actions taken against Quinn and his family lack credibility.

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    • Absolutely, what the Quinn’s did was as farcical as it is disgraceful and it has cost them more than they could ever save. The Patriarach made a bet but refuses to accept the consequences and has done tremendous damage to his children and nephew as a result, they were pawns in his futile attempts to avoid the consequences of his recklessness, but there is clearly an agenda against the Quinns that is not in existence against any other major player who continue to evade accountability, there is an establishment in Ireland and if your connected you are immune, Sean Quinn, Sean Gallagher all experienced this. The Judiciary is as complicit in defending the interests of the the Establishment as anyone else , all appointed on the strength of their own political connections. Clearly what the Quinns did was disgraceful but in the absence of anything approaching the same degree of accountability being applied to others with a greater degree of culpability for the nations woes, highlights the conceal agenda of Ireland’s establishment.

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  • People are quick to forget, Sean Quinn created 7000 jobs when he started out driving a gravel truck, you cannot compare him to all the other developers/ bankers etc No lavish lifestyles, he admitted he messed it all up while IRBC pursue a personal agenda.

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    • I always thought that too Dave – truth is he is same as the rest- dont forget the fine for cleaning out reserves of Quinn insurance,the movement of 500m assets from Anglo is a direct cost to us not to talk about the legal fees.

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    • Reg 21/07/12 #

      No lavish lifestyles, you haven’t swallowed that load of rubbish have you? Have you seen the size of the house it’s the size of hotel! Then there were the private jet, helicopter etc. The kids were looking to live on a minimum of 4k a week. Don’t know what kind of life you live Dave!

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    • @Dave Sherman

      Maybe he should have stayed driving a gravel truck and should the Minister for the Environment, ‘Bull Hogan’! Too big for his boots like the rest of the thieving little f@ckwits of bankers, etc. Would love to know what Cavan people think of the Quinns? Probably think that they’re the best since sliced bread! That’s like the electorate in a town saying that their local councilor/TD was a great man for filling in the potholes before he took money for planning etc. (allegedly). Double standards! hate them!

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  • I don’t think it’s fair to criticise just yet, he could be physically or indeed mentally unwell and seeking help.

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