A man is to appear in court in Cork today charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm.
The man (29) is charged in connection with an incident that led to a man being shot by armed gardaí for refusing to drop a gun in a Cork city pub last month.
The man, who was arrested in the south of the city yesterday, was being questioned about the illegal possession of a firearm. He was held at Gurranebraher Garda station.
A man in his 30s was later arrested over the same incident and held in Gurranebraher station.
Last month's incident happened when a man, armed with a loaded shotgun, entered the Mo Chuisle Bar near the bottom of Blarney Street on the city's northside and demanded to see the owner of the pub.
Gardaí were alerted and members of the armed regional support unit were mobilised. They entered the pub where it is understood three armed members of the unit challenged the man and ordered him to drop his weapon.
The man refused to do so and one of the officers discharged a single shot, wounding the man in the stomach. The man was rushed by ambulance to Cork University Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. The incident was the second in recent months in which shots were fired in the pub. It is being investigated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.