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Gardaí in Ennis have arrested one man after the seizure of a firearm and ammunition during a search operation in Shannon yesterday. Gardaí attached to the Clare Divisional Drugs Unit, with assistance from the Emergency Response Unit and Southern Region Dog Unit, conducted a search of a wooded area in Shannon on Friday afternoon. A Colt […]

A MAN was arrested following a search operation, where a firearm and ammunition were seized by Gardaí in Ennis. A male in his 30s was arrested and is cur...

Gardaí seize black Uzi submachine gun after search of stolen jeep

MAN was found not guilty of making a threat to kill or cause serious harm by a jury of eight men and four women at Waterford Circuit Court on Friday last.

A decommissioned Soviet mortar launcher seized at Dublin Port may have been destined for a collector in Northern Ireland. The port was sealed off for several hours yesterday morning over a major security alert after a woman attempted to bring it into the country. The Armys bomb squad and anti-terror gardai were called to the scene at around 1am after an Eastern European registered van was stopped by officials. The vehicle was the subject of routine profiling by Revenue and Customs officers, who...

She was later released from garda custody. Enquiries remain ongoing. Gardaí were alerted with local officers as well as members of the Special Detective Unit (SDU), who deal with paramilitary and other terror related threats, responding to the scene. The Armys Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) were also deployed to Dublin Port and declared the device safe with no munitions found. The weapon, a decommissioned Russian manufactured 82mm KRH 36Y mortar launcher, was removed from the scene at arou...

DUBLIN Port was sealed off for several hours this morning over a major security alert after a woman attempted to bring a decommissioned Soviet mortar launcher into the country.