A man who survived an assault which killed his friend said the two accused called them "f***ing Chinese" and beat him so his eyes "were covered in blood", the trial of two Dublin men accused of murder and of causing harm heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

Two Dublin men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a Vietnamese man and to causing harm to a Chinese man in August 2002, at the Central Criminal Court today.

The murder trial of two doormen accused of the murder of a Vietnamese man and the assault of a Chinese man dramatically collapsed at the Central Criminal court today.

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.

One of two men accused of murdering a Vietnamese man and assaulting a Chinese man, gave a “Kung Foo kick” to the Chinese man during an assault in Temple Bar two years ago, a jury at the Central Criminal court heard today.

A juror in a trial of two men accused of murdering a Vietnamese man has been discharged from his duties at the Central Criminal court today.

A Vietnam war survivor who was kicked and punched in the head by two doormen during an assault in Dublin never regained consciousness and died from head injuries, a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court heard today.

A FULL-SCALE murder investigation has been launched following the death of a middle-aged businessman four days after he suffered serious head injuries in a city centre beating.