18-year-old charged after loaded sub-machine gun found wrapped in tea towel in a bin

An 18-year-old youth has been denied bail after a loaded sub-machine gun and a silencer were found wrapped in a tea towel in a wheelie bin in Dublin.

Mark Skelly with an address at Bulfin House, Dublin 8, was charged with unlawful possession of a 9mm Ingram Mach pattern sub-machine gun, a sound suppressor or silencer, and one round of 9mm Luger ammunition, on May 21 at a house in Ballyfermot.