A man has been arrested following reports of a motorist armed with a suspected firearm travelling on the M4 motorway near Kilcock in Co Kildare at around 9am yesterday morning.
The car was stopped by gardai in the Tallaght area of Dublin following what they said was a “lengthy managed containment operation”.
The driver, a man in his 20s, who was alone in the car, was arrested and an imitation firearm was recovered.
He is being detained at a garda station in Co Kildare.
Minor damage was caused to two garda vehicles during the course of the incident.