Man arrested on Cork-bound train with imitation firearm 

The alarm was raised by another passenger on the train

Gardaí were alerted to an incident on a train near Templemore in Co Tipperary on Friday evening. Stock Image: Larry Cummins

A man has been arrested after he was found in possession of what’s believed to have been an imitation firearm on a Cork-bound train.

Gardaí say they were alerted to an incident on a train near Templemore train station in Tipperary at around 6.50pm on Friday to reports that a man had been observed on the train with a firearm.