A fashion designer who created the costumes for the 'Riverdance the Show' has withdrawn his High Court action against the the show's production company.

A fashion designer who created the costumes for 'Riverdance the Show' has claimed before the High Court that he has been "airbrushed out of the history" of the world famous dance and musical sensation.

The trial of a Chinese national accused of attacking an Irishman with a meat cleaver has opened at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.