The sentencing of a barman who assaulted two people on a violent rampage through Dublin city centre, during which his friend killed a Vietnamese man, has been put back for a third time.

A man accused of murder said he was "very sorry" to the family of the deceased for "the fight that unfortunately led to their father's death", the trial of two men accused of murdering a Chinese man 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 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 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.