Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident which happened in Clondalkin at 2.30 this afternoon.
The incident happened as a man pulled his car in to Castle Drive when two men wearing balaclavas approached and fired a number of shots at the vehicle.
It is understood the man was accompanied by his wife and children at the time of the shooting. He sustained a slight injury to his thigh but his family escaped injury.
Gardaí believe the culprits escaped in an unidentified vehicle.