Man subjected to 'vicious assault' in nightclub, Limerick court told

A man on a night out in Limerick was subjected to a "vicious assault" in a local nightclub, a court hearing the trial of three men, including All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes, has been told.

Mr Hayes, 25, with an address at Ballyashea, Kildimo in Co Limerick, has denied two violent disorder charges and one charge of assault causing harm to Cillian McCarthy, 24.

Jai Choudri, 22, of Carheeny, Kildimo, denies an assault causing harm charge and one violent disorder charge.

Craig Cosgrave, 24, from Caherally, Grange, Co Limerick, denies one charge of violent disorder.

All charges arise from events alleged to have happened early on 28 October 2019, in and outside the Icon nightclub on Upper Denmark Street, Limerick.

Limerick Circuit Court heard yesterday that the alleged injured party, Cillian McCarthy, was "set upon" in the nightclub by Mr Hayes and others, after Mr Hayes took exception to Mr McCarthy talking to two women, and that several punches were thrown.

It also heard that Mr McCarthy was attacked outside the nightclub on the street and seen by two gardaí being kicked and punched while on the ground by Mr Hayes and another male.

Cross-examination continued today of Detective Garda Barry Moylan by senior counsel Brian McInerney, who is representing Mr Hayes, in relation to CCTV footage shown to the jury from inside and outside the Icon nightclub early on 28 October 2019.

Mr McInerney put it to the detective that the alleged injured party, Cillian McCarthy, was "ejected" from the nightclub after a row on the dancefloor involving several people.

"If you look at the CCTV footage we played yesterday, we see Mr McCarthy initially brought out onto the street by the bouncers and he's subsequently brought back in again,"