Two Cork men admit having firearms and ammunition
Two Cork men who have admitted possessing firearms and ammunition will be sentenced next month at the non-jury Special Criminal Court.
Joseph Walsh (36) of Glengarriff Road, Fair Hill, Co Cork and Michael Gilmartin (46), with an address at Chestnut Drive, Cluain Ard, Newtown, Cobh, Co Cork both pleaded guilty today to the possession of firearms including a magazine suitable for a 9mm parabellum pistol, a 9mm parabellum pistol and a double-barrel sawn-off shotgun at Chestnut Drive, Cluain Ard, Newtown, Cobh, County Cork on September 14th last year.
They also admitted the possession of 14 rounds of 9mm ammunition and eight shotgun cartridges at the same place on the same date.
Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Patricia Ryan and Judge James Faughnan, remanded the two men in custody until January 11th, when they will be sentenced.
