Gardaí are investigating an incident at a house in Co Westmeath after members of the public reported hearing gun shots.
Gardaí were called to an address in Cullion, Mullingar, yesterday evening after the alarm was raised.
The scene was cordoned-off for several hours before the situation was resolved peacefully this morning.
A man in his 50s has been taken into Garda custody.
A Garda spokesman said no one was injured in the incident and there was no one else in the house at the time.
