Two men have been charged after a shot from a shotgun was fired at gardaí on Monday.
The pair will appear before Portlaoise District Court at 10.30am this morning.
The third male was release without charge and investigations are on going.
Gardaí originally arrested three men (23yrs, 27yrs and 32yrs) following the firearms incident at Larch Hill, Monasterevin Co Kildare.
At approximately 9.30pm on the night, Gardaí observed a black Audi estate car with a partial registration number 151 G driving at speed through Monasterevin over the drawbridge, Main St and on towards the Kildare Rd.
This car was observed driving at speed by a number of garda units.
A short time later the black Audi was observed by a garda unit at a location known locally as Ashgrove.
This car was then followed by gardaí, it then stopped on the road at Larch Hill.
The front seat male passenger exited the car produced what gardaí believe was a shotgun and discharged a shot.
No persons were injured during this incident.
A number of armed garda units were aware of this incident and at 10.30pm gardaí from the Regional Support Unit stopped a silver Hyundai car at Pollardstown, Newbridge.
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