A man has been charged following an armed robbery in a Dublin city centre shop.
Shortly before 9.30am yesterday morning, a male entered a shop on Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1, armed with a knife.
He threatened staff and demanded money from the till before fleeing the shop on foot with a sum of cash.
After gardaà were alerted to the incident a man, aged in his early 20s, was arrested a short distance away.
The man was taken to Bridewell Garda Station where he was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
He has been charged in relation to the robbery and is due to appear before Criminal Courts of Justice this morning.
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