Bystander lost sense of smell after nightlcub brawl

An onlooker to a nightclub brawl has lost his sense of smell after being struck by a security man, a court heard.

Tomas Cernis (aged 23) of Sheephill Avenue, Corduff, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to Kenneth Flood at Hush nightclub at the Red Cow Hotel, Dublin on December 30, 2007.