The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, has issued Statutory Notice No 21 of 2008 and will come into force on the 1st of May 2008.

Here is a short summary of what is now on the 'non-restricted' list. Please refer to the S.I. for full detials (click here for the full S.I.). This is meant only to give a general idea of the document.

Non Restriced:

1. Blank firing short arms

2. Shotguns with a capacity no greater than three cartridges

3. Centre Fire rifles not exceeding 7.62mm (.308 inch)

4. Certain semi-automatic rim-fire rifles with a magazine capacity of not more than 10 rounds

5. Air operated firearms

6. Silencers for rim-fire rifles

7. Firearms for designated Olympic competitions.