Gardaí subdue knife-wielding man

Gardaí pursued and subdued a young man after he produced a knife and threatened officers in Athlone.

Arresting gardaí had to use pepper spray on the youth after the car in which he was travelling was boxed in by gardaí, including specialist armed units, on the M6 motorway.

It is understood the man, aged 21, was approached earlier at a traffic stop at around 1.20am yesterday.