Dublin criminal and serial child abuser Stephen "Rossi" Walsh has been refused an enlargement of time to appeal convictions for rape and defilement of a child.

Dublin criminal and serial child abuser Stephen "Rossi" Walsh will apply for bail pending appeals against his separate convictions for rape, indecent assault and defilement of a child.

An organisation opposed to the European Union’s Treaty of Nice today won the right to seek an injunction against Taoiseach Bertie Ahern over this week’s referendum on the issue.