Man 'sought to buy firearm in Cork to shoot father' 

Suspect originally entered the country in 'a clandestine manner'.

Gardaí objected to the man being granted bail.

A man is in custody after gardaí alleged he had sought to buy a firearm to shoot his father, and he had originally entered the country in "a clandestine manner".

The man — who cannot be named — first came before the district court in West Cork last Sunday having earlier been arrested on foot of the breach of a safety order and an earlier alleged assault on his father.