Thursday 28 May, 2020
An imitation handgun was also seized during a search operation.
The incident happened at 10am this morning.
It is understood that the children found the gun in a plastic bag.
Gardaí made the arrests after raiding a house in the town just after midnight.
The man returned to his home in Ballivor on 17 January to find two armed men in balaclavas waiting for him.
A woman arrested with him will be released without charge.
The incident occurred at Croyland Road in Edmonton at about 5.45pm on Sunday 23 April.
The firearm was found in a car on Friday night.
The man is being detained at Lucan Garda Station.
At approximately 4pm yesterday a male armed with a handgun entered a shop in the Dunbrin area of Athy.
The boy found the gun under the cash register at his father’s store.
The incident occurred at 3.30am today.
Gardaí have been targeting criminal activity in the south west Dublin area.
The man was not seriously injured and has since been released from hospital.
Two men have been arrested in connection with a filling station robbery last night.
The man brandished and pointed the handgun at gardaí.
A man has been arrested in Dublin after gardaí recovered stolen firearms.
A gun club association is also highlighting misinterpretation of handgun licensing legislation.
Gardaí arrested the men, aged in their 30s, in a follow-up search.
The semi-automatic handguns and more than 800 rounds of ammunition were reportedly found buried in the ground.
The cash box was recovered by gardaí after the raid at the AIB in West End Retail Park.
The incident occurred at around 12.45pm this afternoon.
Two robbers hailed a taxi after armed raid on city centre Bank of Ireland branch.
A 30-year-old man will appear in court in Dublin this evening charged in relation to dissident republican activity.
Levi Johnston – father to Sarah Palin’s grandson Tripp – and his girlfriend are expecting a baby girl, and are planning to give her a real shot at life with an unusual name….
Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, plus the bits you may have missed…
Darren Falsey (36) was murdered in Carrigaline, Co Cork, in August. This morning, gardaí arrested two men during their investigations into the shooting.
A FIREARM HAS been seized during a series of garda raids in east Cork.
Officers investigating organised crime and drug-related activity searched a number of premises, and discovered the handgun during one raid. No arrests have been made, but the weapon has been sent for forensic examination as the investigation continues.
One man died following a shooting at the Larch Hill apartments in Coolock Lane, Dublin.
A handgun was recovered during the search of a car at a Garda check point last night.
