Bail granted to Laois brothers convicted of hotel room rape

Two Laois brothers have been granted bail pending an appeal against their conviction and three year sentence for raping a woman in a hotel room.

Eamonn Flanagan (aged 40) of Dunamaise, Stradbally and Seamus Flanagan (aged 33) of Ashley Gardens, Portlaoise were jailed for three years by Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan last month after a Central Criminal Court jury convicted them of raping a woman in a room at the Red Cow Hotel in Dublin on March 3, 2008.