A rugby player from New Zealand, who may have left a trainee accountant’s face permanently scarred from a glass attack at a popular Dublin hotel bar, has received a suspended sentence.

Louis Walsh is no longer under investigation by the gardaí following allegations of sexual assault in a Dublin nightclub, according to a statement from the pop mogul.

GARDAÍ are investigating an alleged assault by pop promoter Louis Walsh on a man in a Dublin city nightclub.

To coincide with this weekend’s Casbah Club’s Irish Tour, the Big Country Official Fan Club Convention will take place at the Russell Court Hotel in Dublin on Saturday.