He is due to appear before a sitting of Limerick District Court at 10:30am on Monday.

The detective said Donegan then grabbed the woman by the throat and squeezed her windpipe. He said that Donegan told her that he had a Glock handgun and a shotgun.

The incident unfolded at 6.15pm when it appears a man fired a number of shots towards the roof of the busy Tesco supermarket at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre.

Shoppers and staff ran for cover when two rounds of shots rang out on Sunday

The drugs seized will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.

It happened in Killargue on Friday when Leitrim gardaí responded to an emergency call at a residential location. The Armed Support Unit also attended the scene.

. The firearm seized is now subject to forensic and ballistic examination.

Two teenage girls have been described as disturbed and upset by the incident on Thursday.

The officer suffered non life-threatening injuries in the incident on Monday evening

Gardaí received a report of a shot being fired in Clondalkin on Friday night

Up to a dozen violent incidents, including pipe bomb attacks and arson attacks, have occurred in the area in the past month.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

Three men were arrested following the seizure of a firearm and ammunition in Finglas, Dublin 11, on Friday

Officers recovered a concealed shotgun and cartridges during a search of wasteground in Mullingar

Gardaí are investigating after a firearm was discharged in Dundalk on Friday evening

The incident on Kilcreene Hospital Campus is understood to have taken place shortly before 8:50am in the outpatients section of the facility in Kilkenny city. 

The seizure of the suspected firearm was part of an operation targeting criminal activity in the Galway area

The man in his 40s was arrested and held at a Garda station in Dublin.

The alleged offences fall under Section 27(A) of the Firearms Act 1964 as amended.

In the search, a firearm and rounds of ammunition were seized.

gardaí found cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €100,000 along with a sub machine gun and a number of rounds of ammunition.