Ian Kehoe: Sean Quinn’s bid to regain his old throne has come unstuck

The fallen king has left his former empire in acrimony

Sean Quinn has lost all his holdings in the company

The prodigal father returned in triumph. Less than 18 months later, he left in acrimony. Was this ending inevitable from the start? Was it always too much to expect Sean Quinn, an entranced character used to getting his own way, to become a mere consultant to a business he regards as his own?

Quinn wanted to both run and own Quinn Industrial Holdings, the wing of his former conglomerate bought back by a ...