Dr Carl Fagan is a consultant in intensive care medicine at the Beacon Hospital, Dublin.

One of the country’s busiest hospitals has seen a 30% drop in the number of alcohol-related admissions to its intensive care unit.

A Vietnamese victim of an assault in Temple Bar suffered a "catastrophic brain haemorrhage" after he was kicked and punched in the head during a row with two men, a doctor told a jury at the Central Criminal court today.