Man (50s) released without charge following firearm incident at Connolly Station

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Man (50S) Released Without Charge Following Firearm Incident At Connolly Station
The man was arrested after a suspected firearm was reportedly seen on a train arriving in Dublin on Wednesday evening. Photo: PA
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Eva Osborne

The man in his 50s who was arrested in relation to a firearm incident at Connolly Station has been released without charge.

Gardaí said a file will be prepared for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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The man was arrested after a suspected firearm was reportedly seen on a train arriving in Dublin on Wednesday evening.

Gardaí said that shortly after 6:20pm it received a report of a male passenger with a suspected firearm on a commuter rail service arriving into Connolly Station.

The person is not alleged to have made any threat towards any passenger on board.

A large scale response involving several Armed Response Units was deployed to the Dublin station.

Connolly Station was evacuated “to ensure full public safety”, gardaí said, and a security sweep of both the station and the train on which the person was a passenger was conducted.

The station reopened at around 7.25pm as there were “no ongoing public safety issues”, gardaí said.

Investigations are ongoing.

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