Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly has apologised unreservedly and offered to pay €5,000 to charity for assaulting a man in an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.
The 25-year-old had pleaded guilty earlier to assault causing harm to Anthony Kelly at McGowan's public house in Phibsboro, in Dublin, in the early hours of 6 August, 2012.
At Dublin District Court today, Connolly's solicitor said the footballer was anxious to apologise unreservedly.
He had admitted his guilt and was offering €5,000 in compensation.
The victim chose to nominate two charities to accept the donation rather than take the compensation himself. The court was told civil proceedings are also being contemplated.
Both men shook hands outside the court and the case was adjourned to December for finalisation.
Judge Patrick Clyne said a second medical report submitted to court today indicated the assault was not the cause of a broken nose suffered by the victim.
If it had, he would have had a much larger sum in mind, he said.
At a previous hearing, the court heard Mr Kelly had suffered a broken eye socket.
The judge said a lot of what was perceived to be relevant to the incident had "gone down a bit" because of the content of the second medical report.
The attack happened less than two days after Dublin defeated Laois in a quarter-final of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Connolly had once been tipped as a frontrunner to take over as Dublin team captain for the 2013 season.
The footballer, who also plays for north Dublin club St Vincent's, has no prior criminal convictions, and his offence carries a possible sentence of up to one year in jail and/or a fine.
The Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that the case should be dealt with summarily, in the district court, on a guilty plea only.
Otherwise it would have to be referred to the Circuit Court, which has tougher sentencing powers.
The court heard the attack happened at 3.40am in McGowan's pub. "It is alleged that the injured party was socialising with a friend, it would be alleged that the accused assaulted him in an unprovoked attack," the court heard.
Connolly, who has an address at Collins Park, Beaumont, north Dublin, "punched him in the face". Mr Kelly, who is in his 30s, was knocked down and Connolly then "continued to punch him on the ground".
Mr Kelly suffered facial injuries and was having ongoing medical treatment.
