Cork tree surgeon given gun licence after passing drug tests

The court heard Rory McCarthy no longer used cannabis and wanted a firearm for 'vermin control'.

 A tree surgeon who wanted a gun licence to deal with an enormous problem with rabbits on his land has been successful in his appeal for a firearms certificate.

Judge Joanne Carroll granted the licence to Rory McCarthy, from Realog, Monastery Road, Rochestown, County Cork, and asked for his sworn evidence that he had not used any drugs other than alcohol in the past two years.