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Gardaí seize gun and ammunition in Laois

Gardaí seize gun and ammunition in Laois

Gardaí conducting a search of a car in Laois on Monday afternoon found a loaded gun. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána confirmed that “as part of an intelligence-led operation conducted by Gardaí in Portlaoise attached to the District Detective Unit and District Drugs Unit, a car was stopped early this afternoon Monday 6 July, […]

6 years ago

Firearm and ammunition seized from men involved in “unlawful organisation”

Firearm and ammunition seized from men involved in “unlawful organisation”

Investigations are ongoing. A firearm and related quantity of ammunition were seized by Gardaí as part of ongoing investigations by the Security and Intelligence section of An Garda Síochána alongside members from the Special Detective Unit. A premises on the Old Naas Road, Bluebell, Dublin 12 was searched on the morning of Tuesday 11 September which led […]

8 years ago

Man suffers injuries in Dublin shooting on Monday afternoon

Man suffers injuries in Dublin shooting on Monday afternoon

The incident happened on Monday afternoon. A man has suffered gunshot injuries during an incident in Finglas, north Dublin. The man, who is known to Gardaí, is understood to have been shot in the hand on Monday afternoon. He was presented at the Mater Hospital on Monday at approximately 5pm with an apparent gunshot wound. […]

8 years ago

NRA employee accidentally shoots himself at the company’s headquarters

NRA employee accidentally shoots himself at the company’s headquarters

Sweet, sweet irony. The Gun Violence Archive have logged 15,704 incidents of gun violence in 2017 at the time of publishing, and of those 552 have been reported as “unintentional shootings”. That means every day in the United States between five and six people are shoot by accident. As a nation that accident-prone, you’d think the […]

9 years ago