Man charged in connection with stabbing at Dublin city centre homeless facility

A man is to appear in court on Saturday charged in connection with a serious assault that occurred at a Dublin city centre homeless facility on Friday.Gardaí from Kevin Street Garda station and the armed support unit responded after receiving a call from medical staff at the HSE-affiliated centre in Dublin 8 shortly after 9am on Friday.A doctor, a man in his 50s, was seriously injured after he was attacked with a knife while providing care to his attacker.Gardaí provided medical assistance at the scene before the injured man was transported by ambulance to St James’s Hospital.READ MOREA man in his 60s was arrested at the scene and detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a Garda station in Dublin city. He has since been charged in connection with the investigation and is due to appear before Dublin District Court.