Successful Dragons Den contestant Sarah Nic Lochlainn of Aruna Sauces is among the nominees for this year’s Women Mean Business awards.

A man who received a five-year sentence for harassing his former girlfriend has had an attempt to overturn his conviction rejected by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

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.

A man who harassed a teacher for four years by following her, sneering and laughing at her and even buying a house with a bird’s eye view of hers was jailed for five years today with the last three years suspended.