Former soldier given three and a half years for possession of semi-automatic pistol and ammunition

A former Irish soldier was jailed for three and a half years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after he pleaded guilty to having a Glock semi-automatic pistol and 50 rounds of ammunition in Dunalk last year.

Thomas Kelly (aged 26), a father-of-two, of Killinarden Estate, Tallaght, Dublin pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of a Glock semi-automatic pistol and 50 rounds of 9mm parabellum calibre ammunition at Castletown Road, Dundalk, Co Louth on July 19 last year.