AIB has denied claims it is refusing to take part in a conciliation process involving residents of the Priory Hall apartment complex in Dublin.

Residents of the Priory Hall apartment complex in Dublin have unanimously agreed to enter a conciliation process aimed at resolving outstanding issues between all parties.

Residents at the Priory Hall apartment complex are to consider a proposal by Dublin City Council to enter a resolution process chaired by a retired judge, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.

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.

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 Longford man jailed for five years for an unprovoked attack on an ex-soldier, who died shortly afterwards, has succeeded in having nine months of his sentence suspended 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.

A Louth man and woman jailed for three years in connection with the death of a father-of-one, who was violently kicked and beaten at a Christmas party more than four years ago, have had their sentences increased today, after a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Two Dublin men caught in possession of €2.5m worth of cannabis resin have had their ten and 14-year sentences reduced by a total of three years on appeal.

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.

BREAD company Brennans has secured a stay on an injunction which restrained it from selling its wholewheat bread in packaging confusingly similar to that of its rival company McCambridge.

A YOUNG Corkman who caused the death of a neighbour whilst driving drunk has succeeded in having his 20-year driving ban halved on appeal.

A young Cork man who caused the death of a neighbour whilst driving drunk has succeeded in having his 20-year driving-ban halved on appeal.

CONVICTED armed robber Frank Ward, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke in a robbery over eight years ago, has failed in a bid to take his case to the Supreme Court.

SHARON “Lying Eyes” Collins has lost her appeal against her conviction for soliciting a man to kill her partner and his two sons.

Two Wexford men who forced their way in to a woman's house and raped her while her young child was in an adjacent room have failed in their attempts to have their convictions and 14-year sentences quashed on appeal.

THE Supreme Court has dismissed, by a majority of three to two, the appeal by building company McInerney against the High Court’s rejection of a rescue plan for the company.

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

AN unanimous Supreme Court ruling refusing the Revenue an order for sale of lands co-owned by a man and his estranged wife so as to execute judgment orders obtained against the man has major implications for creditors seeking to sell co-owned property to satisfy a judgment mortgage obtained against just one owner.

A SEVEN-judge Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that property investor Paddy McKillen is entitled to an opportunity to make representations to NAMA before the “bad bank” can decide whether or not to acquire €2.1 billion loans of his companies.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a West of Ireland farmer and church Sacristan against his conviction for sexual assault of a young girl.

THE Supreme Court has adjourned an appeal over whether the Director of Corporate Enforcement can use material such as a tribunal of investigation report in his proceedings against brothers Michael and Tom Bailey seeking their disqualification from company management.

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

A Garda’s son, who was jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a talented teenage boxer, has failed in a bid to take his appeal against his conviction to the Supreme Court.

A south Armagh man who killed two people in a road crash over five years ago has succeeded in having part of his seven-year sentence suspended on appeal.

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 Supreme Court has upheld a ruling preventing the Mahon tribunal from pursuing the estate of TD Liam Lawlor for legal costs.

The Supreme Court has upheld a ruling stopping the Mahon tribunal pursuing the home and lands of the late Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor.

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.

A Limerick drug dealer has had his 10-year sentence for amphetamine possession halved following an "exceptional" appeal hearing.

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 reserved judgement today on an attempt by convicted murderer Brian Kearney to have his case heard by the country’s highest court.

The HSE is to appeal a High Court decision to grant two dentists injunctions preventing the HSE from restricting the scheme for free dental treatment for medical card holders until the dentists' full court challenge to the changes is decided.

A father and son, jailed for a total of 16 years for drugs offences had their convictions overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

A bid by a Meath man to quash his conviction for killing a teenager in the Wicklow Mountains almost 40 years ago, opens at the Court of Criminal Appeal next week.

The Court of Criminal Appeal reserved its decision today on a bid by a Dublin man to overturn his conviction for prostitution offences.

A Kerry pensioner failed to overturn his conviction for sexual offences against young boys today but had the amount of jail time he is to serve halved.

A Dublin man’s appeal against his conviction for robbing and shooting publican Charlie Chawke more than six years ago, will be heard in July.

A former Las Vegas poker dealer lost his appeal today against the severity of a six-year jail term handed down to him for demanding money with menace.

An appeal by a Co Clare woman against her conviction for soliciting a hit man to kill her partner and his two sons in 2006, opened at the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has set aside the sentence handed down to a young mother of two for her role in the fatal stabbing of a Dublin man two years ago, on the grounds that the “totality” of the term imposed was unduly lenient.

The jail term handed down to a reformed drug addict for transporting €1.6m worth of heroin was not unduly lenient, the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled today.

The sentence imposed on a young homeless man for stabbing a transvestite in the neck was not unduly lenient, the Court of Criminal Appeal held yesterday.