Teen in court after improvised firearm found at Limerick house

A TEENAGER will appear before Limerick District Court on Tuesday after an improvised firearm was seized at a house in the city.

The male, in his late teens, has been charged in connection with a garda investigation following the search on Sunday, January 22. 

The firearm was recovered during the course of a planned search of a residence in Thomondgate by detective gardaí at Mayorstone and other local Garda units.

The man was arrested and held at Henry Street Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act 1939.

The investigation is ongoing.