A man has been charged with armed robbery after a frightening knifepoint theft in a shop in the north inner city.
Gardai on patrol on Mayor Street were alerted by a passer-by to a robbery happening at a nearby shop on Thursday evening around 6:30pm. They rushed to the scene where a man, in his 40s, had held staff at knifepoint and attempted to steal cash.
The officers restrained the man and used pepper spray to subdue him before arresting him and taking him to Store Street garda station. The man has since been charged.
