The family of convicted sex attacker Anthony Lyons n were followed and abused when he was jailed for six months, a court has been told.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in a motion brought by a Dublin man who was convicted of murder for acting as the getaway driver for the gunman of a fatal shooting.

A Dublin couple who were given a wholly suspended sentence for storing over half a million euro worth of cannabis in their home must wait to learn if their sentence will be increased.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a man appealing against his conviction for indecently assaulting his daughter over 30 years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld a 9 year sentence imposed on a sexual offender described as a “skilful and careful predator”.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reserved judgement in the case of a Co Tipperary man who is appealing against the severity of his eight-year sentence for a violent sexual assault on a teenager.

A Wexford man who was convicted by a jury of raping his son’s 18-year-old girlfriend has had his conviction overturned on appeal.

A mother-of-four has lost an appeal against her conviction and 10-year sentence for killing an English new-age traveller and submerging his body in a slurry pit.

A convicted rapist who is at high risk of re-offending has been sent back to jail for five years for not complying with the conditions of his release.

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 will today hear an appeal by Dublin man Brian Rattigan against his conviction for murder.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today adjourned an application brought by two Dublin brothers seeking more time to appeal against their Special Criminal Court convictions for firearms offences.

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.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of the only person convicted in relation to the Northern Bank robbery, who has brought the first appeal on the basis of a recent Supreme Court ruling on search warrants issued under a key piece of anti-terrorist legislation.

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.

A serial rapist jailed for 12 years for the rape and sexual assault of his daughter has today succeeded in having a third of his sentence suspended on appeal.

A 58-year-old Dublin man who was jailed for 10 years for possessing cannabis and ecstasy valued at over €200,000 has had his sentence reduced by four years on appeal.

A convicted arsonist who tied a belt around a woman’s neck and threatened to kill her during a violent rape lasting over two hours has today failed in an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today ruled that the three-year sentence handed down to a Tipperary man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl was too lenient.

Notorious armed robber Frank Ward, who received two life sentences for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery, has succeeded in having his sentence reduced to one of 20 years on appeal.

A Limerick taxi driver has failed in his appeal against his conviction for raping a young woman he drove home from a nightclub.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the State’s appeal against the undue leniency of an eight-year sentence handed down to a Dublin man who viciously raped and threatened to kill a woman he dragged from a busy public road.

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 a British man’s appeal against the severity of a 25-year sentence for possession of cocaine in the state’s largest case of drug smuggling.

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 today quashed the conviction of a Dublin man who was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage babysitter and ordered that no retrial take place.

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 today heard that the jury who convicted a Dublin man of the double murder of two Polish mechanics arrived at their verdict appropriately, having been given fair and balanced directions by the trial judge.

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.

A Dublin man has failed in his appeal against his conviction for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery.

The appeal brought by a rapist against his 21-year sentence for the rape of an 86-year-old woman suffering with Alzheimer’s disease has been adjourned for more than a week.

Two men have failed in their appeal against their convictions for membership of the INLA linked to a tiger kidnapping plot in Cork.

AN elderly Kilkenny man who repeatedly assaulted nine girls over a 21-year period has had his sentence more than doubled following an appeal by the DPP.

The Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin has quashed the appeal of Mary Kelly, who was convicted in 2004 of criminal damage to a US military aircraft at Shannon Airport.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld the 10-year sentence handed down to a former soldier who repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl over a four-year period.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld the six-year sentence imposed on a legally blind man who strangled a 60-year-old after calling to his apartment to service his computer.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of a psychiatric patient jailed for 10 years for repeatedly stabbing a doctor.

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.

Lawyers for a 45-year-old man have begun challenging his conviction for harassing his former girlfriend over four years at various locations in the south of the country.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today refused a forty-nine-year-old man leave to appeal against his conviction for the rape and sexual of his daughter over a nine-year period.