A man has appeared in court charged with the stabbing of Dublin GAA star Jonny Cooper.
Mark Lavelle, with addresses at Basin Street in Dublin 8 and in Swinford in Co Mayo is accused of attacking the footballer on Dorset Street in Dublin last month.
Mr Cooper (24) had been on a night out with friends after a club game on Friday September 19th.
He was on his way home at around 5am the following morning when a man ran across the road and stabbed him in the head, face and neck.
The Na Fianna defender was treated for a total of 11 stab wounds.
Gardaí made an appeal for witnesses on RTÉ's Crimecall a few days later - but decided against showing some CCTV footage of the alleged attack because it was deemed too violent and distressing for broadcast.
Mr Lavelle (31) was arrested in Dublin this morning and charged with assault causing harm to Mr Cooper.
After the charge was put to him, Garda Les O'Rourke of Mountjoy garda station said he replied: "I don't remember anything. The government took my medical card. I was without my medication".
There was no application for bail today and he was remanded in custody for a week.
