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.

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 former Chinese "anti-violence" policeman denied today he was provoked into picking a fight with two men who shouted racist abuse at him and his Vietnamese friend as they left a nightclub in Dublin city centre two years ago.

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.