Man due in court after arrest on Cork-bound train with imitation firearm

Train at Kent Railway Station, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

A man in his 20s is due in court 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.