Man charged in connection with firearm incident

Gardaí have charged a man in his late 40s, in connection with an incident where a firearm was discharged at a house in the Archdeaconery area of Kells on Saturday afternoon. 

No one was injured in the incident.  

The man is due to appear before Trim District Court tomorrow morning at 11am.

The man was arrested on Sunday and detained at Kells Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. He remains in Garda custody.

In a follow up search Gardaí recovered a firearm in the Carrick Street area of Kells.