The father of a woman sexually assaulted by businessman Anthony Lyons has condemned Mr Lyons’ release from prison yesterday, saying the man never showed any meaningful remorse for his crime.

Two men are due in court in Dublin today after a replica gun was found outside a church.

Two men are due to appear in court tomorrow after they were arrested for firearm possession in Dublin.

Two men have been arrested following an incident in North Dublin.

A court has heard today that sex offender Anthony Lyons made an almost €200,000 settlement with the woman he violently attacked on a Dublin street.

The Court of Criminal Appeal is due to hear further submissions today in an appeal by the DPP against what it says is the unduly lenient sentence imposed on a businessman for a violent sexual assault.

Businessman Anthony Lyons, who received a six-month custodial sentence for a violent sexual assault, will "never be forgotten" and will "always be notorious", the Court of Criminal Appeal has heard.

Profits at the aviation firm established by disgraced businessman and aviation tycoon, Anthony Lyons, soared last year by over €3.55m.

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.

A wealthy businessman jailed for six months for a violent sex attack is to go back behind bars.

There is flooding in Dublin, Wicklow and Westmeath this evening following heavy thundery showers.

The State’s appeal on grounds of undue leniency against the six-month sentence handed down to sex attacker Anthony Lyons will be heard in November.

Mandatory sentencing should be abolished for all offences except murder, legal experts have advised the Government.

RTÉ political correspondent David Davin-Power was spared a fine and a speeding conviction yesterday after he donated €150 to charity.

As Kevin Heffernan’s coffin left the Church of St Vincent de Paul on Dublin’s Griffith Avenue yesterday, a spontaneous applause enveloped the air.

The funeral will take place today of the legendary Dublin GAA footballer and manager Kevin Heffernan.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for Dublin GAA legend Kevin Heffernan.

Sex attacker Anthony Lyons will walk out of jail today with an appeal against the leniency of his six-month sentence still pending.

Businessman Anthony Lyons, who was convicted earlier in the year of sexual assault, may be released from prison before the hearing on the leniency of the sentence imposed has been heard.

Convicted sex attacker Anthony Lyons is likely to walk free from jail before a court appeal against the perceived leniency of his six-month jail term.

A hearing date on the leniency of the sentence imposed on Anthony Lyons, a businessman convicted of sexual assault, has been applied for at the Court of Criminal Appeal by the DPP.

The DPP has applied for an early hearing date for a challenge to the leniency of the sentence handed down to a Dublin businessman for sexual assault.

The aunt of a woman sexually assaulted by wealthy businessman Anthony Lyons has revealed her family’s anguish at the fact that he will be home for Christmas.

Disgraced businessman and aviation tycoon, Tony Lyons has disposed of his entire shareholding in the profitable aviation firm he created, new documents show.

WITH Cork to Dublin flights axed, there are only three ways to make it between the two cities in a reasonable time — by car, bus or rail. We decided to put the options to the test and last week, three intrepid journalists headed off from Parnell Place bus station and Kent Train Station in Cork, all with one objective: to get to the Spire on Dublin’s O’Connell Street as quickly as possible...

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision which has left a male motorcyclist in a serious condition in hospital.

Gardaí are investigating after a serious collision in Dublin this morning.

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 DPP is to appeal the leniency of the 6 month prison sentence handed down to a Dublin businessman for a random sex attack on a woman as she walked home at night.

The mother of the woman sexually assaulted by Anthony Lyons said her daughter told the court a month ago that she did not want compensation if it would “in any way reduce the sentence”.

Fresh controversy surrounds the case of sex offender Anthony Lyons after it emerged his six-year sentence can only be reactivated if he reoffends within two years of his release, rather than during the full six-year period.

THE controversial case in which a Dublin businessman was ordered to pay a victim of sexual assault a sum of €75,000, and had five-and-a-half years of a six-year sentence suspended, suggests that here is one law for the rich, and another for the poor, in this country.

A high-profile aviation broker who claimed his cholesterol medication made him sexually assault a young woman has been sentenced to six years with the final five and half years suspended.

A successful Dublin businessman,who rugby tackled a woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her as she walked home at night, has today been jailed for six months.

A successful Dublin businessman who rugby tackled a woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her as she walked home at night, has been jailed for six months.

A businessman who claimed his cholesterol medication made him sexually assault a woman is to be sentenced for the attack today.

A high-profile aviation broker has been convicted of sexual assault after a jury rejected his claim that his cholesterol medication made him do it.

The wife of a businessman accused of sexually assaulting a woman as she walked home has told his trial that he is a kind and gentle man.

Gardaí have issued an appeal for the public's help after a collision on Griffith Avenue in Dublin yesterday.

A man in his 70s has been hit by a truck in Dublin today.

A Dublin businessman will stand trial next year for an alleged sexual assault on a woman in the city.

AS a breeding ground for champions, a nursing home in north central Dublin is certainly one for the books.

TWO men, who worked with a major fish retailer for more than 20 years, set up a nearby rival business with the help of money they stole from their former employer, a court heard yesterday.

A cyclist in his mid-80s is in hospital after a collision in Dublin this morning.