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Court Appearance – Unlawful Discharge of Firearm, Ennis, County Clare – 11th October, 2024

Issue Date: 14/10/2024

A man in his 20s is scheduled to appear before Limerick District Court this morning, Monday, 14th October, 2024, charged in connection with the unlawful discharge of a firearm during an incident in Ennis, Co. Clare.

On Friday, 11th October, 2024, shortly after 10pm, Gardaí responded to reports of gunshots outside a residential property on Lahinch Road, Ennis. Damage was caused to the property, but no one was injured. A male in his 40s was arrested and detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939. He was later released without charge and a fiel will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

During follow-up inquiries, a second male aged in his 20s was subsequently arrested and detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939, at a Garda station in County Clare. He has since been charged.

The investigation is ongoing.