Michael O'Reilly, left, has been charged with three counts of criminal damage ©Getty Images

Michael O'Reilly, the Irish boxer sent home from Rio 2016 for failing a drugs test, has been charged with three counts of criminal damage following an alleged altercation in a village in Tipperary last year.

The 23-year-old had already been charged with being intoxicated in a public place and engaging in abusive, insulting or threatening behaviour following the incident in April 2016.

Another charge relating to an alleged breach of the Public Order Act has reportedly been withdrawn.

O'Reilly attended the hearing Thurles District Court but made no reply to each of the three counts.

He will now continue bail on the condition he stays out of Littleton, the village where the incident took place.

Proceedings against other as-of-yet unnamed individuals are expected to be brought to court over the next few weeks.

O'Reilly, who competed in the middleweight division, had been billed as one of Ireland's leading hopes for an Olympic boxing medal at Rio 2016.

He claimed the gold medal at the 2015 European Games in Baku as well as a bronze at the World Championships in Doha.

Michael O'Reilly, left, was sent home from Rio 2016 before the competition began after failing a drugs test ©Getty Images
Michael O'Reilly, left, was sent home from Rio 2016 before the competition began after failing a drugs test ©Getty Images

But he was sent home from Rio de Janeiro  before competition began after testing positive for a banned stimulant he claimed to have taken inadvertently in a supplement.

He had also been one of two Irish boxers fined and sent home from April's European Olympic Qualification Event in Samsun for breaking team rules.

International Boxing Association (AIBA) President C K Wu is due to meet Irish Sports Minister Patrick O’Donovan to discuss the "negative narrative" surrounding the sport in the country.

Michael Conlan and Stephen Donnelly were among three boxers reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee after they were found to have bet on events during the Games.

Bantamweight world champion Conlan was involved in further controversy when Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin was awarded victory in their quarter-final bout, despite the Irish boxer having been seen by many to have dominated the fight.

Conlan then went on an expletive-laden rant in a post-fight interview with RTE, where he claimed AIBA were "cheats" and that amateur boxing "stinks from the core to the very top".

He was fined CHF10,000 (£7,800/$9,700/€9,300) last month, but is unlikely to have to pay as he is now a professional boxer.