The DPP\u2019s office is prioritising its consideration of a Garda file in a case involving the alleged discovery of firearms, ammunition, and explosives at a house in Douglas last November.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Gear\u00f3id Davis told Judge Mary Dorgan\u00a0 the Garda file in the case was with the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), where it is being given priority.<\/p>\n
Judge Mary Dorgan refused an application by Sarah Patton, defending, to strike the matter out because of delay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms Patton said the accused had been remanded in custody for five months on these charges.<\/p>\n
The judge remanded Paul Sheehan, aged 45, of Elm Drive, Shamrock Lawn, Douglas in Cork, in continuing custody until April 27.<\/p>\n
Detective Garda Anthony Daly said in an earlier outline of the allegations against Mr Sheehan: \u201cHe was discovered in possession of illegally held firearms and ammunition on November 4, 2025, in suspicious circumstances at Applegreen Service Station in Mallow.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Applegreen Service Station on November 4, he was caught red-handed in possession of a .32-calibre Beretta semi-automatic pistol, a slide of a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol, firearm components, ammunition, and a quantity of cocaine. There was evidence of a firearm having being discharged from within the vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the search at his home, a large amount of firearms, ammunition, and explosive substances were found, including three pipe-bomb bodies. Evidence of the manufacture and alteration of firearms and ammunition was also discovered.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr Sheehan faces charges contrary to the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990 and one under the Explosive Substances Act of 1883.<\/p>\n
The charges include possession of a .32-calibre Beretta semi-automatic pistol, a deactivated .38-calibre Smith & Wesson revolver, a slide for a 9mm Glock semi-automatic pistol, and three-pipe bomb bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Det Garda Daly said the case will be dealt with at the Special Criminal Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DPP\u2019s office is prioritising its consideration of a Garda file in a case involving the alleged discovery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-398855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}