Man pleads guilty to possessing firearms

A Dublin man with an interest in guns faces community service work and a fine later this year for possessing firearms and ammunition he bought legally in South Africa.

Billy Nolan (aged 26) of Lily's Court, Ongar Green, Blanchardstown pleaded guilty to possessing a Baretta hand gun, a tin of hawk pellets, two shotgun cartiledges, five .22 bullets and another black airpistol in his apartment on September 14, 2006. He has no previous conviction