A Leinster rugby player has appeared in court accused of assaulting a woman at a popular Dublin nightclub.
Alan Spicer (21) of Swords Road, Malahide, Dublin, was charged with assault causing harm to the named woman at Copper Face Jacks, Jackson Court Hotel, Harcourt Street, on March 1st last.
The secondrow, who has represented Ireland under-20s, UCD and Leinster, has yet to enter a plea to the charge, which is under section three of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.
He had been arrested in the early hours of that morning, charged and granted station bail to appear at Dublin District Court on Thursday.
Garda Ronan Molloy, from Pearse Street station, said the accused was arrested at the nightclub at 4.05am and taken to…