Jail for ex-weapons expert who pulled gun in chipper

A retired Irish army weapons instructor who pulled a revolver in a Limerick takeaway after “losing the rag” with two children was yesterday jailed at Limerick Circuit Court.

Denis O’Keeffe, aged 54, of Ballynanty Rd, pleaded guilty to possessing a Webley revolver in suspicious circumstances.

O’Keeffe, who served with UN peacekeeping missions in the Lebanon and Israel, told gardaí that, on producing the gun, the two boys, aged 10 and 12, ran off fearing for their lives.