Former Dublin footballer Senan Connell has had his drink-driving charge struck out in the Dublin District Court.
Mr Connell, of Bealing Grove, Tyrellstown, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving on the Finglas Road on 21 September, the day after Dublin had won the All-Ireland football final.
His case collapsed because of a High Court ruling in the case of a Romanian man which found that a breath test statement is not valid as evidence if the printout is only in English and not also in Irish.
Judge John Brennan said in court that while Mr Connell was ready to meet the case, it could not proceed in light of the Romanian case, which the State is appealing to the Supreme Court.
41-year-old school teacher Mr Connell, who regularly appears as a panelist on Sky Sports and writes GAA analysis pieces for newspapers, sat silently in the court.
Garda Daniel Rafter told Judge Brennan that he was seeking an adjournment pending the Supreme Court appeal.
Opposing a delay in the case, defence solicitor Jonathan Antoniotti asked for a strikeout.
"In the circumstances where the defendant is here to meet his case and the State is not in a position to proceed, in light of the Romanian decision and this is a summary court, I will strike it out," said Judge Brennan.
In September, the High Court made a ruling which put hundreds of suspected drink-driving cases in doubt by stating alcohol breath tests must be supplied in English and Irish.
The DPP is challenging that ruling in the Supreme Court.
The issue arose earlier this year during a prosecution of Dublin resident Mihai Avadenei, 29, from Lioscian, Swords, for an alleged drink-driving offence.
His lawyers argued he should have been given a read-out of his breath test from the intoxilyzer machine in both languages.
