
A MAN IS due before court this morning charged in relation to an incident where a gun was fired.
The incident took place shortly after midnight on Saturday night at the Emo service station in Mountrath in Laois.
A man entered the shop with a balaclava and demanded cash. He managed to crash the car he arrived in outside a house close to the filling station.
The firearm and cash were later recovered and the man was arrested.
A 31-year-old man is expected to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin this morning charged in connection with the investigation.
Investigations are continuing.
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