Gardaí charge man in Wicklow shooting incident

A 62-year-old man has been charged in connection with the shooting dead of a farmer on Thursday evening.

Walter Tomkins - in his mid 60s - was shot dead in his home outside the village of Shillelagh in Co. Wicklow.

A man was arrested at the scene and a firearm was recovered.

He is to appear before a special sitting of Baltinglass District Court this afternoon.