A 21-year-old trainee mechanic has been charged with killing journalist Eugene Moloney.
Gary Burch of Kennington Close, Templeogue, Dublin, has not yet indicated how he will plead.
Mr Moloney, a former reporter with the Irish Independent, lived at Portobello Place in Dublin and was making his way home in the early hours of Sunday.
The 55-year-old suffered a blow to the head on Camden Street. He received medical attention at the scene and was then brought to St James's Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Mr Burch had been detained by gardaí for questioning on Monday morning.
He was brought before Dublin District Court today charged with the manslaughter of Mr Moloney at Camden Street, on 24 June.
Garda Sergeant Sean McAvinchey told Judge Victor Blake that Mr Burch was charged at 12.49pm.
He said he was present when the charge was read to Mr Burch and that "Gary Burch made no reply".
He then asked the judge to remand Mr Burch in custody to appear again next Monday.
Mr Burch, who was represented by Michael Bowman, did not address the court during the brief hearing.
No application for bail or legal aid was made.
Mr Moloney, who was originally from Donegal, had previously worked with the Irish News in Belfast in the 1970s.
He later relocated to Dublin and worked for Independent newspapers for more than 20 years.
Mr Moloney began reporting for the Evening Herald in 1987.
He later moved to the Irish Independent and worked out of the paper's head office in Dublin, but had also reported extensively from Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles.
A second man arrested during the investigation into the journalist's death was released without charge on Monday night.
