A 38-year-old man has been charged with five firearm offences after shots were fired from a house in Blanchardstown in Dublin last Tuesday night.
Daniel Goulding, from Whitechapel Grove in Dublin, appeared in court this morning charged with unlawful possession of two submachine guns, a pistol, over 70 rounds of ammunition and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
The court was also told that Mr Goulding has been receiving psychiatric care for years and that further more serious charges may be preferred.
Mr Goulding made no reply to the charges and was remanded in custody for a week.
Two gardaí were shot and injured during the incident.
Detective Sergeant Michael Redmond told the court that at 7.04pm last Tuesday evening two detectives responded to an incident of gunshots fired in the vicinity of Whitechapel Grove and immediately came under fire from a person in a house.
He said the injured gardaí were both still in hospital and that other people who were on the street at the time had also been exposed to gunfire.
Judge Gerard Jones remanded Mr Goulding to appear again by video link at Cloverhill District Court on 4 June.
Defence solicitor Tony Collier told the court that Mr Goulding had been receiving psychiatric care for the last number of years and had been seen a number of times by a psychiatrist while in garda custody.
He asked the judge to direct that Mr Goulding continue to receive psychiatric care while in Cloverhill Prison and said he had already been in contact with the outreach psychiatric team for the Central Mental Hospital in relation to his client.
Judge Gerard Jones agreed to order psychiatric treatment for Mr Goulding and also granted free legal aid after he was told the accused was on disability benefit.
