Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
A MAN is being questioned by gardai after he was observed carrying a firearm while walking on a busy street in Dublin.
Gardaí attached to Rathfarnham garda station made the arrest shortly after they seized a firearm in the early hours of this Thursday morning.
"At approximately 12.30am gardaí in uniform responded to reports of a disturbance in Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 and on arrival observed a man carrying a firearm," said a spokesperson.
"The man was approaching gardaí and then proceeded to discard the firearm over a wall and run from the scene," they added..
The man, whose aged 20, was arrested a short distance away and the firearm was recovered by the uniformed gardaí.
The man was conveyed to a Garda station in South Dublin where he is currently detained under Section 30 Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
Investigations are ongoing.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
