Man held after allegedly pulling fake gun on bus driver

Updated / Sunday, 15 Nov 2026 12:58

Gardaí have arrested a man after he allegedly used an imitation firearm and threatened the driver of a bus travelling from Dublin Airport to Cork.

The coach, with around a dozen people on board, had left Dublin Airport in the early hours of Saturday morning.

As the bus travelled close to Kilworth on the M8 motorway in north Cork, the man is alleged to have pulled an imitation firearm on the driver and made a number of threats.

However, he was overpowered by a number of other passengers.

The bus was stopped at the M8 toll plaza at Watergrasshill in Cork and gardaí were contacted.

In a statement, gardaí say they arrested a man in his 30s at the scene.

He was detained under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act at a garda station in north Cork.

RTÉ News understands that the man has since been charged, and is due before a special district court sitting in Fermoy, Co Cork, tomorrow morning.

The imitation firearm was seized by gardaí and will undergo a ballistic and technical examination.