Judge Paul McDermott said this was an attack on a defenceless man, who was lying prone on the ground under the influence of alcohol and was no threat to anyone.

Neno Dolmajian planned his trip to Ireland around a Liam Gallagher concert, but met a group of people near O'Connell St and was knocked to the ground before being kicked full force in the face.

Mr Danca, 24, a Romanian construction worker with an address at Rathdown Square, North Circular Road, Dublin 7, was remanded in continuing custody

Judge Alan Mitchell adjourned Ionut Danca's case for two weeks with "pressure on" the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to decide.