The Central Criminal Court has ruled that the man accused of assaulting a care worker and attempting to murder three children on Parnell Square in Dublin is fit to enter a plea and stand trial.
The court fixed a date of 8 June for the trial to go ahead.
The court heard expert evidence earlier this year in relation to 52-year-old Riad Bouchaker, who was charged with the offences in November 2023.
Mr Justice Tony Hunt said psychiatrists for the defence and for the prosecution both accepted Mr Bouchaker was suffering from a neuro-cognitive disorder arising from neurosurgery in 2021 and a subsequent traumatic brain injury in 2023.
But he said they differed on…