Four uncovered weapons ‘primed and ready for use’

Four loaded weapons “primed, armed and ready” for use were among an arsenal of 15 firearms found at an “elaborate” industrial unit purporting to be a legitimate business.

Two men, Jonathan Harding and James Walsh, have pleaded guilty to possession of the firearms in suspicious circumstances at the Special Criminal Court.

Harding, aged 45, with an address at McNeill Court, Sallins, Co Kildare, and Walsh, aged 33, with an address at Wheatfield Avenue and Neilstown Drive in Clondalkin, west Dublin, are due to be sentenced on January 30.