Gardai have made an arrest after reports of a man on a train with a firearm.
Officers were alerted to an incident on a train near Templemore station in Co Tipperary at approximately 6.50pm on Friday.
Armed gardai supported local and plainclothes units at the scene.
A garda spokeswoman said: “A male was identified on the train.
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“He was searched by gardai and found to be in possession of what is believed to be an imitation firearm, subject to a technical examination.”
The man, aged in his 20s, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained at a garda station in Tipperary under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939.
Investigations are ongoing.
