Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in which a man was seriously injured in Clondalkin, Dublin, last evening, writes Tim O'Brien.
Gardaí were called to Rowlagh Avenue in Clondalkin shortly after 5.30pm, where they found a man in the kitchen of a house suffering from gunshot wounds.
It appeared he had been shot in the chest and leg.
The 32-year-old man was taken by emergency services to Tallaght Hospital where his condition was last night said to be serious.
The shooting was the latest in a series to take place in west Dublin. Last September Frank Nolan (48), from Ballyfermot, was shot by a gunman who approached him on the street and opened fire with a handgun before escaping on a bicycle.
Last May Dean Johnson (20) died from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body and head in an attack on Moorfield Avenue, Clondalkin. At least four shots were fired at Johnson, who had been sitting in the back seat of a car.