Armed Gardaí deal with incident in city centre

Armed Gardaí have dealt with an incident at a house in Woodquay in the city centre.

Gardaí refused to divulge the nature of the incident at St Brendan’s Avenue “for operational reasons”.

The road had been closed off by Gardaí – around a dozen officers were to the front of the house, and more officers at a laneway to the rear. It’s understood they were first called to the scene this morning.

Traffic in the area was extremely heavy, with motorists asked to avoid the area if at all possible.

Shortly after 7pm, Gardaí entered the property and the male occupant was to be brought for medical treatment.