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Man charged in connection to robbery after Dublin shop staff were threatened at knife point

Two Garda who were patrolling the street yesterday intervened after being alerted by a member of the public.

A MAN HAS appeared in court charged with threatening staff in a Dublin shop with a knife in an attempted robbery.

The robbery took place yesterday evening on Mayor Street in the Dublin 1 area at around 6:30 pm. 

Two Garda members on patrol were alerted by a member of the public about an ongoing robbery at a shop nearby, where a man was brandishing a knife at staff and demanding cash. 

Following a physical intervention by the Gardaí and the use of OC spray, the man in his 40s was arrested. 

The man Gardaí appeared at the Criminal Courts in Dublin this afternoon. 

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