In 2004, as the profits from Seán Quinn’s eponymous business empire drove the industrialist into the lofty status of a multi-billionaire, Quinn and his wife, Patricia, applied for planning permission to demolish their old two-storey home and replace it with a four-storey lakeside mansion. The new property would stretch to 14,700 square feet, contain seven en-suite bedrooms, a swimming pool and leisure area, a cinema, a bar, a snooker room, and an indoor putting green with an accompanying golf simulator. A planning application submitted by Paul Joyce Architects, a Dublin practice, simply stated: “Seán Quinn is a well-known businessman in…

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