In a court battle over whether Bewley's was entitled to a new tenancy or not, Gavin Ralston SC, the famed café's attorney, informed Judge O'Brien that disagreements had been settled and that she could issue a consent order confirming the café's right to a new lease.

Hugh O'Neill SC, who represented Mr. Ronan's company, RGRE Grafton Ltd., with attorney Ross Aylward, attested to the agreement reached about this aspect of the current legal procedures.

Judge O'Brien was informed by Mr. Ralston, who was accompanied by attorney David Whelan and attorneys A&L Goodbody, that the court had scheduled two days in July to decide on the conditions of the new tenancy.

Bewley's had been paying over €1,460,000 in rent annually; the business estimates that under the new lease, this amount should be lowered to around half a million euros annually.

Several valuers will testify in the second module of the proceedings on what the court should find to be the new rent.

The current legal battle between the parties over who owns the premises' Harry Clarke-stained glass windows a piece of art believed to be worth over €1 million is unrelated to the Circuit Court proceedings. The windows were commissioned in the 1920s.

With the exception of two windows, which he maintained belonged to the tenant and building operator Bewley's Limited, Mr Justice Denis McDonald has previously ruled in the High Court that the windows are an integral element of the Grafton Street structure.

The Court of Appeal is now considering Judge McDonald's ruling.