A 29-year-old Romanian man is due to appear in court this afternoon charged in connection with the murder of Michael Gannon in Co Dublin.

The 55-year-old was stabbed at a house in Mourne Park in Skerries on Thursday evening.

He had been baby-sitting his two grandchildren at the time. 

A 29-year-old man was arrested shortly afterwards - he's due to appear at a special sitting of the Criminal Courts of Justice at 4.30 this afternoon.