A man in his 50s is in custody after a siege ended in Bailieborough, Co. Cavan shortly before 4am.
At around 7:30 pm on Thursday evening, the man is believed to have entered the Square Bar with a firearm. He ordered customers and staff to leave and barricaded himself in.
The discovery of a woman’s body in the Drumbannon estate on Thursday is being linked to the standoff. Garda negotiators and the Emergency Response Unit attended the scene.
Woman dead, man arrested in Bailieborough (Northern Sound)
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