GARDAÍ have arrested two men in their 20s and 40s following the discharge of a firearm near Rathkeale.

The firearm was discharged in the townland of Kilcoole, near Rathkeale, on August 21.

The men are both currently being detained at a garda station in County Limerick under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939/89, as amended.

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Investigations are ongoing.