Lidl have confirmed they are investigating after video emerged of two security guards punching a man on the ground outside a popular Dublin city centre store.
The incident took place outside the new Talbot Street shop on Thursday night.
Footage seen by Dublin Live shows the two guards punch a man holding a bag of shopping in the face.
The man drops a number of glass bottles out of the bag, which smashed, causing a fizzy liquid to spill on the footpath.
The man was then tripped and caught with punches on the ground from the security, as onlookers shouted "that's enough".
The clip ends with a tense stand-off between onlookers and the two guards, who are holding the man by the scroff of the neck on the ground.
A Lidl spokeswoman told Dublin Live that the two guards "were responding to an incident in store with a customer".
"This is currently being investigated further," they added.
Gardai said: "An Garda Siochana are investigating a public order incident which took place outside a premises on Talbot Street in Dublin on Friday, 11th February 2022.
"No arrests have been made and no further information is available at this time."
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