Both were arrested after the 9 millimetre handgun, ammunition, and a silencer were seized during a search under warrant in Mulhuddart.

The man (20s) was arrested in connection with the seizure and is currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 at a garda station in Dublin. 

The ammunition is in various different formats, including 9mm bullets and shotgun cartridges.

Officers in Tralee stopped a vehicle at a routine traffic checkpoint at about 10:30pm on Monday night. 

Multiple armed units responded to reports of a firearm being discharged in the Vincent Street South area at 11:30am. 

A man in his 20s is being questioned following multiple incidents including a hit-and-run in Cork

Gardaí attached to the Dublin Crime Response Team conducted this search operation in Clondalkin on Wednesday evening.