Eight years for man who transported firearms and ammunition

A man who was transporting firearms and ammunition for a criminal to repay a ‘debt’ as a result of seized drugs has been given an eight year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Stephen Byrne (aged 41), of Rathvilly Drive, Finglas at first claimed he found the firearm and was on his way to hand in the gun and ammunition but later revealed he had a "debt" due to drugs seized from him by gardai.