'It was pure stupidity': Train passenger with 'antique' gun on seat sparked major alert

Station was evacuated and services suspended for a time

Armed gardaí entered Connolly Station in Dublin city centre during the incident. Picture: Collins

Gardaí believe “stupidity” rather than anything “sinister” lay behind a dramatic firearms incident on a commuter train at tea-time on Wednesday.

Worried passengers alerted gardaí after they saw what sources said was a “poorly wrapped” firearm on a seat beside a man as a train was heading for Dublin’s Connolly Station.