Rape crisis groups have welcomed the decision by the DPP to appeal the leniency of the sentence handed down to businessman Anthony Lyons for sexual assault which could see him free after four-and-a-half months.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today dismissed three men's appeals against their convictions for membership of the IRA.

A bid by two men, who claimed they were “stitched up” by gardaí, to have their appeal against their convictions for the possession of heroin worth €43,000 heard by the Supreme Court has been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Donegal man's appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing three young girls in his daughter's bed while they were on sleepovers at his house.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has been urged to give a priority hearing to the appeal by businessman Paul Begley against the severity of his six-year jail sentence over a €1.6m garlic import scam.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a convicted murderer's appeal against his subsequent conviction and his 10-year prison sentence for the possession of a firearm and ammunition.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the convictions of and ordered a retrial of three men jailed for the 'tiger kidnapping' of the family of a Securicor driver and forcing him to hand over €2.28m in cash.

A money lender jailed for laundering more than STG£3m from the Northern Bank robbery has declared himself “very happy” at having his convictions overturned.

The Court of Criminal appeal has quashed a man's conviction for the oral rape of a young woman because the judge at his trial referred to matters he should not have in his charge to the jury.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a Dublin man appealing against his 18-year sentence for having €6.4 million worth of heroin in his van.

The Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) has further adjourned the sentence appeal brought by a Laois man convicted of the repeated rape and sexual assault of his daughter over a 10-year period.

The Court of Criminal appeal has dismissed the DPP's bid to increase the 10- year prison sentence imposed on a psychiatric patient who admitted stabbing two health workers in a 'frenzied' attack at a hospital in Limerick.

BEEF producers in Canada and Europe share similar views on the need for sustainability and high production values, according to one leading Canadian beef producer on a visit to Ireland.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction and ordered the retrial of a Clondalkin man accused of dealing heroin and cocaine.

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Sligo man Ronnie McManus against his life sentence for the manslaughter of a 14-year-old girl.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a 74-year-old Galway man's appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two young sisters on a regular basis during the 1960s and 1970s.

TWO Laois brothers have been jailed for three years for raping a woman in a hotel, despite a prosecution witness claim that he was put under pressure by gardaí when making his statement.

Two Laois brothers have been jailed for three years for raping a woman in a hotel, despite claims by prosecution witness that he was put under pressure by gardaí when making his statement.

An appeal brought by two men who claimed they were “stitched up” by gardaí for the possession of heroin worth €43,000 in a wooded area in Co Cork more than two years ago has been dismissed this morning by the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA).

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a convicted armed robber appealing against his life sentence for the rape and sexual abuse of a young girl over an eight-year period.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a man's appeal against his conviction for running a Dublin city-centre brothel operation.

A Dublin man who strangled his partner of seven years has failed in an attempt to have his conviction overturned on appeal.

Australian brewer Foster’s Group has rejected a AUS$9.5bn cash takeover offer from London-based beer-maker SABMiller, saying the bid undervalues the company.

A Donegal man has failed in his appeal against his six-year prison sentence for climbing up a drainpipe and attempting to rape a mother-of-two as she slept in her bedroom.

A Dublin man has lost his appeal against his conviction for his role in a €600,000 cocaine conspiracy.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed Sligo man Ronnie McManus's appeal against his conviction for the manslaughter of a 14-year-old girl.

A Cork man has failed in his appeal against his conviction for the murder of a 62-year-old retired barman over two years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Dublin man's appeal against his conviction for the murder of "the wrong man" at a caravan park on Easter Sunday more than three years ago.

Four men who assaulted six people attending a St Patrick’s Day parade in an incident of “unprovoked savagery” have succeeded in having their sentences reduced by a total of eight years on appeal.

CATHERINE Nevin has lost a bid to have her murder conviction declared a miscarriage of justice.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed a Meath man's 40-year-old conviction for the manslaughter of a young woman, whose body was found in a ditch in December 1971 some two months after she had disappeared.

A Tipperary man has failed in an attempt to overturn his conviction for the kidnap and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in a remote woodland 10 years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by a 39-year-old man against his conviction for sexually assaulting his two young daughters.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Dublin man's appeal against his conviction for the murder of a Chinese student who died after he was stabbed during a robbery.

A Cork man who was jailed for 10 years for drug dealing has had the last 18 months of his sentence suspended by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A Dublin man convicted of sexually abusing his partner’s daughter over an eight-year period has failed in a bid to take his case to the Supreme Court.

A Co Limerick man who “terrorised” a 13-year-old girl during a prolonged sexual assault has had his prison sentence increased by two years by the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reserved judgment in the application of a Dublin man for leave to appeal against his conviction for killing a taxi driver by stabbing him more than 40 times in full view of his girlfriend and young son.

A Dublin man, jailed for a decade for a stabbing which left parts of the victim’s bowel and intestines protruding from his body, had his conviction overturned today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal will today outline its reasons for overturning the murder conviction of two Dublin brothers.

Potential jurors in the trial of a man accused of shooting publican Charlie Chawke should have been excluded if they were supporters of Fianna Fáil, the Court of Criminal Appeal was told today.

A man who shot dead a Kilkenny postmaster failed to overturn his murder conviction today.

Garda files relating to two key witnesses in Catherine Nevin’s trial for the murder of her husband were ordered to be disclosured by the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

Brothers Warren and Jeffrey Dumbrell had their convictions for murdering a father of six overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal today.