Ryan O'Dwyer is back in full training with Dublin for the first time since being the victim of a horrific nightclub attack in October.

The Tipperary man was hospitalised for a week and out of work for four months after sustaining a broken jaw, fractured skull and massive bleeding to the brain in an unprovoked attack outside a Birmingham nightclub on October 30th.

"Ryan has got the all-clear to go back fully," Dubs manager Ger Cunningham confirms in The Irish Daily Star. "I think he played ten minutes for Crokes in a league match last Saturday. He gives us that physical presence that we need - it was great to see him back. He was in flying form.

"It was a long road but I think what came through to us was Ryan's passion, his real passion for hurling, and he really wanted to get back and he just wants to play hurling. He has a fanatical interest in it and he missed it.

"It's a great boost to us and he'll be playing club championship next week. You'd see him there at training - he got very frustrated at times not being able to get back involved and having to take time and be patient."

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