Two men jailed for possession of firearm

Two young Dublin men have been given sentences of seven and four and a half years for possessing a handgun in suspicious circumstances in a stolen car.

Gardai found Paul Beatty (aged 23) as passenger and Gerard Byrne (aged 20) as driver of a stolen Audi A5 containing a Magnum revolver, two petrol cans and latex gloves in a north Dublin housing estate.