Mr O’Higgins' trial has been brought forward to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Criminal Court where the case will be listed on November 11 next.

"A 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and remains in police custody at this time," a PSNI spokesperson said.

The young man accused of producing a machete and the leg of a table during the disputed incident was cleared of the charges

The PSNI said they believe he may have been beaten by a weapon like an iron bar

Detectives investigating a report of a serious sexual assault which occurred in east Belfast on Thursday night have made a specific appeal for information.

In one attack, the accused took a 15-year-old boy's hurley and hit him in the face with it, dislodging a tooth.

The court heard that the victim "should have been killed from four separate injuries and was extremely lucky to be alive"

He was also fined and given community service for threatening and obstructing the officer

The incident happened after the infant child of the accused and his ex-wife was injured in an accident at pre-school

On the following day there was a second incident also involving the accused

Police said the injured man, aged 42, was discovered with a head injury on the Upper Newtownards Road, close to the Ulster Hospital

He tried to lure a complete stranger down a sidestreet in Cork city and struck him in the face with a bottle on Christmas Day 2018

Leanne Hegarty had previously pleaded guilty in an unrelated case to carrying out a robbery from a different woman in Cork city.

The victim's injuries put him out of work for 11 months.

The severity of the injuries the woman sustained in the incident is not clear

The man was attacked in a petrol station's forecourt. 

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A man has been arrested over a brutal attack on an Asian American woman in New York City and charged with felony assault as a hate crime.

An Asian American woman was attacked by a man who repeatedly kicked her in front of witnesses who seemingly stood by, according to surveillance footage released by New York City Police Department.

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The victim said: “I was used as a human punching bag, battered for entertainment and fun - for a high.”

The young man "effectively begged and borrowed €1,500" to give to the injured party as a gesture of compensation

The court heard that he had smashed a glass in another man's face

The accused told the judge he had mental health issues saying he had been diagnosed with depression and added: “I hear voices”.

CCTV of the 14-minute attack showed O’Driscoll stamping on Mr O’Callaghan’s head four times in five seconds before kicking him repeatedly in the ribs

The victim, who was planning to use his Master’s degree in Asian studies to teach in Japan, has only left his home six times since the attack

The man is accused of dragging the 50-year-old to the ground and leaving him injured outside Mercy University Hospital in the middle of the afternoon.

The Defence solicitor said a comment about his client's fiancée "was close to the edge"

Robert McGrath's solicitor said his client "should have complained he was being humiliated by a fellow employee".

He is also charged with attacking a man who came to her assistance

The driver is accused of narrowly avoiding the couple before doing a U-turn and punching the complainant a number of times

The injured party had to have his eyes washed out and have seven stitches to a facial wound.

The Cork man assaulted his old friend three times in one night

Sheila O’Keeffe had also breached an order by turning up outside the victim’s door on Christmas week, banging at his door and shouting at him.

He was also imprisoned for making lewd and offensive comments to a garda.

One of the accused failed to appear in court for his sentencing.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin was told that Sheila O’Keeffe suffered a serious assault last week and was unable to attend court yesterday.

A patient at the Mercy University Hospital spat in the face of a nurse when he was being discharged and kicked another nurse in the leg during a sudden violent outburst.34-year-old Seán Heelan was jailed for five months for the two assaults at Cork ...

Gardaí in Naas say they are investigating all the circumstances of a fatal assault which occurred in the early hours of this morning

All four were ordered to leave Killarney and reside in Co. Kildare under the terms of their bail

The broadcasting on social media of a video recording of a brutal attack on a 17-year-old in Carrigaline added a whole other layer of hurt and pain on to the lives of the victim and his family.

It is believed the girl, 17, was involved in a row over access to a mobile phone.

The guard described his attacker's behaviour as "manic aggression".

A 23-year-old man facing sentence for assaulting his 75-year-old neighbour had one year earlier repeatedly punched a 17-year-old woman in another assault, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.