Man pointed gun at gardaí, court hears

A man arrested after he allegedly pointed a hand-gun with a silencer at gardaí in Dublin on Wednesday last appeared in court today on firearms charges.

Dressed in white boiler-suit, Mr Niall Fitzgerald (aged 27), who is of no fixed abode, but formerly of Dufferin Avenue, South Circular Road, D8, was brought before Dublin District Court on three charges under the Firearms Act for possessing a handgun with a silencer, at Dolphin’s Barn and at the Grand Canal bank, on July 23 last.